Quiet Repairs to Load-Bearing Beams: Geroprotectors and Bone
In an old house, beams don't break all at once. First, voids appear inside them, like in a sponge, and only later does one of the beams give way. Bones age just as quietly: the spongy part, resembling a weave of thin struts, loses its supports long before a person feels pain. Scientists decided to test whether substances that slow aging can halt this quiet dismantling of load-bearing structures.