title: It is time to classify biological aging as a disease.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science, Ghent University Ghent, Belgium ; Heales vzw Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bulterijs
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Department, University of Oxford Oxford, UK ; The Biogerontology Research Foundation London, UK.
authors.forename: Raphaella S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hull
authors.affiliation: Heales vzw Brussels, Belgium ; Institutionen för Biologisk Grundutbildning, Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Victor C E
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Björk
authors.affiliation: Heales vzw Brussels, Belgium ; The Biogerontology Research Foundation London, UK ; Institute for Translational Medicine, School of Science, University of Buckingham Buckingham, UK.
authors.forename: Avi G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Roy
keywords: aging; disease; disease complex; medicine; multisystemic disease; nosology; philosophy of medicine