When examining the human body, one of the fundamental questions surrounding it is why do we age? As we progress through the years, why does skin begin to wrinkle, vision begin to blur, and joints begin to hurt? For such a fine-tuned machine that our body is, the rate at which it begins to break down still puzzles scientists today. The answer to this question may lie at the cellular level, and could also provide an answer to elongating the life of mankind.