The Biological Clock Theory: A Key to Understanding the Aging Process

Aging is the natural process where humans are grown and becomes older by different changes in cells, like decreasing metabolic processes, endurance, resistant forces, and so on. To know about that kinds of natural processes, scientists have investigated many illnesses, life processes like aging, and phenomena that bring to the appearance of various theories.

From my point of view, I support the “Biological clock theory”. The reason of that this theory proved that our body has special clocks which controlled human life-cycle functions like growth and reproduction. This theory was investigated by Slagboom, Bastian, Beekman, Wendendorf, and Meulenbelt in 2000. They explored the biological clock theory is explained that every cell or maybe a whole organism has a genetically programmed aging code in DNA. They emphasized on circadian rhythms and their effect on melatonin, sleep, and the aging process. Their research showed that people have bio clocks which control sleep-wake intervals and other processes. I think that this theory Is the best one because scientists proven its’ preventing diseases, and death causes and can predict the physical conditions of the human body. These kinds of information is very vital for our life and to survive. Therefore, I support the “Biological clock theory”.

They explored everything in a different way and wanted to prove their points of view. For example, biologists research one topic aging, but because of their different opinions and views, they made various hypotheses and theories, for instance, Johan Bjorksten investigated “Cross linkage theory: The denaturing of bodily proteins determine general health and long life” in 1942, and “The free radical theory: an increase of free radicals in the body cause aging”, which was proposed by Robert Gerschman in 1954 and then was improved by Dr. Denham Harman. Such as theories explored and developed over time.

In early years, I. Mechnikov investigated the theory of aging (1882) like, “Aging is a result of intoxication due to saprogenic microflora activity in the large bowel”, and as for Richard Cawthon, he investigated that short telomeres lead shorter lives and long telomeres respectively. This proved that scientists explored different aspects of one thing. They have researched each other’s works and tried to open discovery. In addition, because of some errors and lack of justifications, scientists do investigations many times by adding new information to each other’s works. Therefore, they could not make one current consensus.

These investigations are not opened by simply. Scientists made many explorations, especially about aging. Every time people get older and this causes the aging process, which we need to know. It is very essential thing in our life because comprehending aging gives us many opportunities to discover various treatments to improve people’s life quality.

According to the genetic theory of aging, genes are responsible for how long a human will live. Various disorders associated with hereditary gene mutations, which are influence lifespan. As research continues, scientists are more interested in genes and metabolic pathways that have been involved in aging. In the future people will be able to treat not only disorders but also aging. Thereupon, it is very important to know about aging.

Ageing described as a biological law. Regarding this, there were investigated many theories such as aging is the outcome of fundamental limitations that result in living being’s deterioration. These are the fundamental limitation theories or “wear and tear” theories. In early time, there was a theory that aging occurs because our bodies could not resist to the natural deterioration processes, and so, tissue injury and it cause aging.

Additionally, aging happens by natural way of living, and people have just followed by that process. However, modern society tries to find all the ways to overcome that kind of natural processes and wants to break the laws of nature. That it is why aging is presented as a law in biology.