The most comprehensive picture yet of how organs age at different rates
Someone’s kidney can be biologically 10 years older than their brain
Christian Kitzmüller/Alamy
Our organs seem to age at different rates, with our lungs and kidneys going through a wave of aging in our 20s, decades earlier than others, such as the uterus. A better understanding of how aging varies can help people adopt healthy habits that may be particularly beneficial at certain periods of life.
This is not the first time a difference in organ aging has been suggested. In 2022, researchers at the National University of Singapore came to a similar conclusion based on protein molecules in the blood.