{"id":67712,"date":"2022-06-14T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=67712"},"modified":"2022-06-16T11:27:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T15:27:46","slug":"david-sinclair-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/david-sinclair-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"David Sinclair: Quotes From Lifespan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you looking for Lifespan<\/em> quotes by David Sinclair? What are some of the most noteworthy passages worth revisiting? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Sinclair is a professor of genetics and co-director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging<\/a> Research at Harvard University. In his book Lifespan<\/em>, he argues that aging is a treatable disease and that we are slowly but surely getting closer to curing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is a selection of passages with explanations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Lifespan<\/em> Quotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In his book Lifespan<\/em>, Sinclair discusses why aging happens, how we can prevent it, and how we might create a world where nobody has to die of old age. He believes that old age is a deadly disease, and he\u2019s dedicated his life to curing it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following David Sinclair’s quotes highlight some of the key ideas from the book Lifespan<\/em>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAging, quite simply, is a loss of information.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As a counterpoint to the DNA damage theory, Sinclair developed the \u201cInformation Theory of Aging.\u201d His theory states that <\/strong>we age due to an accumulation of epigenetic <\/em>damage, rather than genetic damage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, it\u2019s important to understand that every cell in your body, from skin to hair to brain tissue, has the exact same DNA. The epigenome, consisting of proteins wrapped around the DNA, controls which genes in any given cell are \u201con” and which are \u201coff.\u201d That\u2019s how we end up with all of those different types of cells\u2014it\u2019s not a result of the information encoded in the genes, but rather how your body uses <\/em>that information. Therefore, changes to the epigenome can create changes in our bodies without actually altering our genes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sinclair calls these epigenetic changes \u201cnoise,\u201d similar to radio static or garbled transmission. The goal of his research is to figure out how to clear up that noise so that the genetic messages come through loud and clear like they did when we were young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Sinclair, <\/strong>the Information Theory of Aging is good news, because fixing epigenetic damage is much easier than repairing the DNA itself\u2014in fact, Part 2 of this guide is all about ways to do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe that aging is a disease<\/a>. I believe it is treatable. I believe we can treat it within our lifetimes. And in doing so, I believe, everything we know about human health will be fundamentally changed.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Throughout recorded history, we\u2019ve always accepted aging as something that just happens to people. According to David Sinclair, aging is a disease that can be treated. In fact, old age shares several key traits with cancer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n