Peter Attia· MD
if you knock out ERCC1 DNA damage repair only in in the bone marrow so that the whole immune system is affected you actually induce accelerated aging in the whole organism and scinsessence in every single organ.
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
if you knock out ERCC1 DNA damage repair only in in the bone marrow so that the whole immune system is affected you actually induce accelerated aging in the whole organism and scinsessence in every single organ.
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There's also incredible data showing that if you induce a specific lesion in the immune system for example in in mice model if you if you knock out ERCC1 DNA damage repair only in in the bone marrow so that the whole immune system is affected you actually induce accelerated aging in the whole organism and scinsessence in every single organ.