Epidemiologists develop new tool for measuring the pace of aging across the life course
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 11:30
in Psychology & Sociology
A study is reporting a blood-DNA-methylation measure that is sensitive to variation in the pace of biological aging among individuals born the same year. The tool - DunedinPoAm -- offers a unique measurement for intervention trials and natural experiment studies investigating how the rate of aging may be changed by behavioral or drug therapy, or by changes to the environment.