Xenohormesis in early life: new avenues of research to explore anti-aging strategies through the maternal diet.

Aging is a progressive internal physiological deterioration of the organism, leading to the occurrence of age-related lethal diseases. It has become a major societal challenge to understand the processes that drive aging and to develop rational pharmacological agents and dietary approaches to fight against age-related deterioration and diseases. Interestingly, several lines of evidence highlight an influence of the developmental period on the risk of age-related diseases later in life. This field is known as the developmental origins of health and disease.
Source: Medical Hypotheses - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Source Type: research