All age-related phenomena are interdependent parts of the same process: the accumulation of molecular and cellular damage, which can be controlled by developing interventions to periodically repair this damage.

“The best way to think about this is that all of these things are part and parcel of the same phenomenon. They are interdependent but nevertheless individual aspects of the accumulation of molecular and cellular damage in the body. And the only way that we're going to bring them under control is by developing a panel of interventions that we can use to periodically repair those various types of damage, and thereby leave the overall abundance of damage in the body below that threshold, such that it's harmless.”