The main approaches to the study of aging and the tasks of gerontology

Abstract

When studying the problems of human life safety in modern gerontology, the main point of view is that the primary causes of aging are of a molecular nature. In particular, this is evidenced by the last congress of the International Association for Biomedical Gerontology, where most of the reports were devoted to the free radical theory of aging. Based on such ideas, one can create quite complete theories of aging and understand how, in principle, one can deal with it.In the future, research in this direction will lead both to an increase in the accuracy and consistency of theories of aging, and to the introduction of effective methods of countering it into clinical practice. At the same time, technological progress has led to the fact that at present humanity is on the verge of achieving the possibility of free manipulation with individual atoms and molecules. An analysis of the development of these trends leading to the “mastering” of the molecular level of organization of living matter suggests that in a few decades approaches to the treatment of aging will undergo radical, revolutionary changes and, ultimately, their development will lead to a solution to the aging problem.