BLOODY BREAKTHROUGH PROTEINS PREDICT DISEASE & LONGEVITY

AN INNOVATIVE new blood test may be much more effective at pegging your biological age than the number of candles on your birthday cake.

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Your biological age is a measure of your physiological condition and your likelihood of developing age-associated disorders such as Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease.

In a study, Stanford University researchers analyzed the health records of 44,498 participants ages 40 to 70 drawn from the UK Biobank.

Stanford Professor Tony Wyss-Coray's team tracked the amounts of nearly 3,000 proteins in each participant's blood over a 17-year period.