The free‐radical damage theory: Accumulating evidence against a simple link of oxidative stress to ageing and lifespan

@article{Speakman2011TheFD,
  title={The free‐radical damage theory: Accumulating evidence against a simple link of oxidative stress to ageing and lifespan},
  author={John R. Speakman and Colin Selman},
  journal={BioEssays},
  year={2011},
  volume={33}
}
Recent work on a small European cave salamander (Proteus anguinus) has revealed that it has exceptional longevity, yet it appears to have unexceptional defences against oxidative damage. This paper comes at the end of a string of other studies that are calling into question the free‐radical damage theory of ageing. This theory rose to prominence in the 1990s as the dominant theory for why we age and die. Despite substantial correlative evidence to support it, studies in the last five years have… 
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