Research by physicians and scientists shows that a test for measuring the length of DNA endcaps, called telomeres, which has a variability rate of 5 percent, can alter treatment decisions for patients ...

Stay younger, longer. Great idea. But direct-to-consumer test kits that promise to gauge a person’s biological age by analyzing a drop of blood are not worth the $100 or so investment, says oncologist ...

The role of polygenic risk scores in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) may be influenced by telomere length, ...

Research led by Johns Hopkins physicians and scientists shows that a test for measuring the length of DNA endcaps, called telomeres, which has a variability rate of 5 percent, can alter treatment ...

Cataracts remain the leading cause of blindness worldwide among adults over 50, despite major advances in surgical treatment.

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today marks the launch of TeloYears, a new genetic test that reveals the cellular age encoded in a person’s DNA. Now available from the company founded by the ...

Large cohort study links short leukocyte telomere length with higher cataract risk and worse lens opacity, highlighting biological aging in vision loss.

WHEN David Nurse turned 30, he wanted to find out how his biological age compared with his chronological one. A life coach with the US National Baseball Association, he hoped that the ultra-healthy ...

A Silicon Valley blood-testing startup called Telomere Diagnostics sells a $99 kit that tells customers the average length of their telomeres. Telomeres are seen by some researchers as a holy grail of ...

Telomeres, short DNA sequences at the end of chromosomes, are considered markers of biological age. Cell replication and oxidative stressors contribute to the loss of telomere nucleotides over time; ...

Research led by Johns Hopkins physicians and scientists shows that a test for measuring the length of DNA endcaps, called telomeres, which has a variability rate of 5 percent, can alter treatment ...