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Aging clocks & mortality timers, methylation, glycomic, telomeric and more. A window to measuring biological age
Aging Medicine · 2022 · ▲ 25 citations
Abstract
As humans age multiple forms of biological decay ensue, and many aspects of human biology can be measured to determine how far biological machinery has drifted from homeostasis. Research has led to aging clocks being developed that claim to predict biological age as opposed to chronological age. Aging could be regarded as a measured loss of homeostatic biological equilibrium that augments biological decay in fully developed tissues. Measuring aspects of how far various elements of biology have drifted from a youthful state may allow us to make determinations on a subject's health but also make informed predictions on their biological age. As we see across human physiology, many facets that maintain human health taper off such as nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, glutathione, catalase, super oxide dismutase, and more. Extracellular vesicle density also tapers off during age combined with epigenetic drift, telomere(definition) attrition, and stem cell exhaustion, whilst genomic instability and biological insults from environment and lifestyle factors increase. Measuring these types of biomarkers with aging clocks may allow subjects to understand their own health more accurately and enable subjects to better focus on their efforts in the pursuit of longevity and, in addition, allow healthcare practitioners to deliver better health advice.
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Palmer, R.D. (2022). Aging clocks & mortality timers, methylation, glycomic, telomeric and more. A window to measuring biological age. <em>Aging Medicine</em>. https://doi.org/10.1002/agm2.12197
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Palmer RD. Aging clocks & mortality timers, methylation, glycomic, telomeric and more. A window to measuring biological age. Aging Medicine. 2022. doi:10.1002/agm2.12197.
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@article{raymond2022Agingc,
title = {Aging clocks & mortality timers, methylation, glycomic, telomeric and more. A window to measuring biological age},
author = {Raymond D. Palmer},
journal = {Aging Medicine},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1002/agm2.12197},
}
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