The Social Hallmarks Of Aging

Earlier episodes have introduced the hallmarks of aging, a framework used to guide aging research and interpret the findings. In this series of three episodes, we’re going to explore the recently proposed social hallmarks of aging. The idea is that a set of social factors act as underlying, interrelated causes of age-related outcomes, similar to the way that the biological hallmarks underlie different diseases and disorders of aging. In the first episode, we discuss a paper that identified five social factors that have a strong effect on aging even when biological factors are taken into account. Addressing these could be a powerful tool in increasing the average lifespan. SOURCES AND FURTHER READING ⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺ Crimmins EM. Social hallmarks of aging: Suggestions for geroscience research. Ageing Research Reviews (2020), doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2020.101136 López-Otín C, Blasco MA, Partridge L, Serrano M, and Kroemer G. The hallmarks of aging. Cell (2013), doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.05.039. FOOTAGE, IMAGES, AND MUSIC CREDITS ⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺ Stock pictures from Shutterstock Stock footage from Music: "Monkey races" by Eric Matyas Thumbnail font: Cocogoose Pro Family by Zetafonts -http://www.zetafonts.com/collection/308 ⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺ #aging #longevity #socialissues #socialhallmarks #halmarksofaging