Processes in the body: Why we age – and how we can stay young

– Why we age – and how we can stay young

cells, cells, cells. Birth, life, death are all about the building blocks of the human body. Whoever understands this solves many things – perhaps even the secret of eternal life.

Published today at 5:45 am

Living 100 years – portraits of people, so different and yet the same.

Photos: From the book “Hundert” (Knesebeck-Verlag), Thomas Kierok (Laif)

New life is nothing but cells, cells, cells. They divide rapidly from the start, exponentially, 4, 8, 16, 32, after about six weeks the first heartbeat can be heard on the ultrasound. There are also: kidney, liver, spleen, brain, skin and bones.