Tissue sample type matters when measuring a person’s biological age, researchers report

Tissue sample type matters when measuring a person’s biological age, researchers report

People’s bodies can be old or young for their chronological age, depending, in part, on the amount and types of stressors they have experienced. Scientists can estimate people’s biological age, but whether they use oral tissue or blood to make the measurement matters, according to a new study led by researchers in the Penn State Department of Biobehavioral Health.

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