Mitochondrial Quality Control Emerges as Aging's Master Switch
For years, mitochondria have been a supporting player in aging research—but new structural evidence combined with comprehensive analysis suggests they're actually the master coordinator controlling multiple hallmarks of aging simultaneously, which fundamentally changes how we should approach longevity therapies. If mitochondrial quality control is the central hub rather than a side effect, then the interventions we've been testing in isolation might work dramatically better when targeted together at this single control point—and that realization could redirect the entire field.
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