August 22, 2024 by International Society for Stem Cell Research Epigenetic clocks are impacted by the differentiation stage and proliferation history of cells, as well as by age-associated changes in cell type composition. Credit: Rebecca GorelovHow old are you, really? Your chronological age is the number of years you have been alive. Your biological age...
by University of Southern California Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCycles of a diet that mimics fasting can reduce signs of immune system aging, as well as insulin resistance and liver fat in humans, resulting in a lower biological age, according to a new USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology-led study. The study, published in Nature Communications on...
by Jonathan Ka Long Mak and Sara Hägg, The Conversation Credit: CC0 Public Domain As we journey through life, the risk of developing chronic diseases, including cancer, heart disease and neurological disorders, increases significantly. However, while we all grow older chronologically at the same pace, biologically, our clocks can tick faster or slower. Relying solely on...
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC IMAGE: FIGURE 1. PARTICIPANTS’ AVERAGE BIOLOGICAL AGE CHANGE ANALYSIS. *SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WITH P-VALUE < .05. CREDIT: 2023 FITZGERALD ET AL. “[…] these data suggest that a methylation-supportive diet and lifestyle intervention may favorably influence biological age in both sexes during middle age and older.” BUFFALO, NY- April 3, 2023 – A new research paper...
by Noah Fromson, University of Michigan Credit: Justine Ross, Michigan Medicine Everyone ages at a different pace. That’s why two 50-year-olds, despite living the same number of years, may have different biological ages—meaning that a host of intrinsic and extrinsic factors have caused them to age at varying paces with different levels of risk for...
by British Medical Journal Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The difference between the biological age of the retina, the light sensitive layers of nerve tissue at the back of the eye, and a person’s real (chronological) age, is linked to their risk of death, finds research published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. This ‘retinal age...
