Mechanisms of Ageing: Patterns and Idiosyncrasies

We would like to share with you several points which, in our view, are relevant to the principal objective of gerontology which is the development of a unifying theory of ontogenetic development. The practical outcome or confirmation of a theory of ageing is the elimination of age-related chronic pathologies and, consequently, the potential to extend the human lifespan to the maximum specie-specific duration. The main obstacle to the unified theory of ageing may arise from the both the idiosyncrasies and the wide variability of ontogenetic developmental features, which complicate (and even neutralize) the emergence of general patterns. Addressing these complex and debatable issues may contribute to the expansion of gerontological methodologies and resolving the key problems in gerontology. We shall focus on several well-known and fundamental matters in gerontology and contemporary science as a whole.