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Mar 21, 2024
Blood test can predict which organs age faster than normal
A groundbreaking study from Stanford University Medicine shows that a simple blood test may be able to identify which organs in the body are aging faster than normal. This test, which focuses on specific proteins in the blood, could play a decisive role in predicting the risk of disease and initiate therapeutic measures even before symptoms occur.
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Oh, H., Rutledge, J., Nachun, D., Palovics, R., Abiose, O., Moran‐Losada, P., Channappa, D., Urey, D., Kim, Sung, Y.J., Wang, L., Timsina, J., Western, D., Liu, M., Kohlfeld, P., Budde, J., Wilson, E.N., Gün, Y.L., Maurer, T.,. Wyss‐Coray, T. (2023). Organ aging signatures in the plasma proteome track health and disease. Nature, 624 (7990), 164—172. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06802-1
