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New findings show mitochondrial DNA fragments in blood as important biomarkers for aging and inflammation

JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE In an eight-year study of more than 600 community-dwelling older adults, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have further linked levels of cell-free DNA (DNA fragments resulting from cell death) circulating in the blood to chronic inflammation and frailty. The study is novel and expands on previous work, the investigators say, because...