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Exploring the Link: Does Oxidative Damage Cause Aging?

Since the 1950s, the Free Radical Theory of Aging has suggested that accumulating cellular damage from reactive oxygen species drives the aging process. But does oxidative damage cause aging in the simplistic way once believed? Modern science reveals a far more nuanced story, where this damage is a significant factor in a complex web of interconnected mechanisms, rather than the sole culprit.