How Old Are You Really? Scientists Take Major Step in Developing Biomarkers of Aging

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 17:21 in Health & Medicine

Determining chronological age is easy - count forward from birth. Establishing physiological age, especially in humans, is purely subjective - based on how someone looks or functions. Research in nematode worms could lead to the development of human biomarkers of aging, allowing us to track how we're withstanding the tests of time.

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