Reading Your Biological Age in Your Blood or Saliva? It’s Not as Simple as That. (IMAGE)

International Society for Stem Cell Research

Reading Your Biological Age in Your Blood or Saliva? It’s Not as Simple as That.

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Epigenetic clocks are impacted by the differentiation stage and proliferation history of cells, as well as by age-associated changes in cell type composition.

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Credit: Rebecca Gorelov

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