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.
Mesenchymal drift (MD) is a recent concept in biology, describing the progressive, widespread acquisition of features typical of mesenchymal cells by cells that should maintain their specialized, non-mesenchymal identity. This phenomenon is considered a hallmark of aging
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Cells gain mesenchymal characteristics such as increased motility, reorganization of the cytoskeleton, and deposition of extracellular matrix components, which can lead to tissue stiffening and fibrosis.