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Written in Our Code: Aging, DNA, and the Quiet Countdown

Aging is not just skin deep—it is written into our very DNA. As telomeres shorten and proteins lose their shape, the body’s essential functions slowly unravel. Death is not an intruder but a quiet countdown coded within us. Yet in this inevitability lies not despair, but meaning—the chance to live fully in the time we have.

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