How does modern medicine see the aging of the human body? Scientists have discovered telomeres function as a biological clock. Telomeres are the ends of chromosomes, repeating sequences of non-coding DNA that protect chromosomes from damage, and get shorter every time a cell divides. We now know there are harmful thinking patterns that can actually damage our telomeres, but are there ways to correct the process? Reversing the Biological Clock From a biological point of view, aging is a gradual and irreversible process; aging is manifested in the degeneration of cell: for example, the number of cells decreases and the total volume shrinks. Replication of genes is influenced by telomeres and telomerase. These telomeres and telomerase—an enzyme responsible for the length of telomeres—can protect chromosomes; scientists also call telomeres the biological clock. When telomeres are stressed and shortened, it increases the likelihood that those cells will stop dividing and die. …