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Measuring it: biological age

Before anything can be called age reversal, it has to be measured. Aging clocks estimate how old your body seems from blood tests or chemical tags on your DNA.

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Recent research

New trial · ClinicalTrials.gov

Study checks if a blood-based aging test predicts IVF success

Researchers planned to compare a blood measure of biological age in women who did and did not have a live birth after IVF.

Original title: Epigenetic Clock to Predict Ovarian Aging and Live Birth in ART
Study in 9,410 middle-aged and older adults in China · Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports

Lower biological age linked to fewer mild thinking problems in older Chinese adults

Researchers tracked people over time to see if a biological age score predicted mild memory and thinking problems.

Original title: Association between Gompertz law-based biological age (GOLD BioAge) and incident mild cognitive impairment: Modifying role of social activeness.
Early results in 401 Finnish twins, average age 62, followed about 10 years; early results not yet checked by other scientists · medRxiv

Protein-based aging clocks and cancer risk in Finnish twins

Some protein aging scores linked to death from any cause.

Original title: Systemic and organ-specific proteomic aging clocks as predictors of cancer incidence and survival: insights from the Finnish Twin Cohort
Summary of earlier studies · Ageing research reviews

Can brain age be turned back? A review of brain age tests and treatments

This review looked at brain age scans and whether treatments can change them.

Original title: Turning Back the Ageing Clock? Brain Age in Neuroprotective and Clinical Interventions.
Study in Adults from the 2016 Health and Retirement Study, 1861 people in the analysis · SSM - population health

Race and work history both linked to differences in biological aging

Black and Hispanic adults were more likely to start work late than White adults.

Original title: Employment trajectories and biological aging: Racial and ethnic disparities in work instability and epigenetic age acceleration.
New trial · ClinicalTrials.gov

A planned study on long-term supplement use and biological age

This is a trial that is still signing up people, so no results exist yet.

Original title: An Evaluation of Long-Term Supplement Use on Biological Age and Metabolic Health Markers - The BioAge Trial
New trial · ClinicalTrials.gov

A supplement trial to test effects on signs of aging and inflammation

This is a trial that is still signing up people, so it has no results yet.

Original title: Clinical Trial Evaluating the Impact of a Dietary Supplement Containing Humic and Fulvic Acid on Epigenetic Markers of Biological Age, Detoxification, Inflammation, and Oxidative Stress
New trial · ClinicalTrials.gov

Can a blood-test aging score predict disease, death, and healthy years in Chinese adults?

This study will watch adults in China over time to see if a blood-based aging score predicts new illness, death, and healthy years.

Original title: Phenotypic Age Acceleration (PhenoAgeAccel) for Joint Prediction of Disease Risk, Mortality Risk, Life Expectancy, and Disease-Free Healthspan in Major Chronic Diseases

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