Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Test shows how old
your body really is
How much
difference is there between one’s chronological and biological ages? That seems
to vary by person extensively. Researchers in the UK have developed a method to
measure how fast one’s body is aging.
Some people die
early and others live long, sometime over a century. Therefore, chronological
age, or how long you’ve lived doesn’t seem to show how much longer you might
live accurately. Also, even a healthy person, both physically and mentally,
could die tomorrow by a sudden stroke or something. So health doesn’t seem to
assure longevity, either. What could give more dependable prediction for aging
is to compare your gene activity with sample markers. Sounds like determining a
car insurance premium based on the person’s driving habit rather than his/her
age, doesn’t it?
Enjoy reading and
learning about this new bio-ageing measurement.
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