Plain-language summary
An influential opinion review that confronts the paradox at the heart of the field: carnosine produces broad anti-ageing effects across very different model systems, but no single mechanism accounts for all of them. The author argues this multiplicity is the feature, not the bug — and outlines where future work needs to focus.
Key takeaways
- ›Treats carnosine's mechanistic breadth as evidence, not noise.
- ›Names the most cited paradoxes for the next generation of work.
- ›Required reading in any longevity-focused literature search.
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