Validation of biomarkers of aging

M Moqri, C Herzog, JR Poganik, K Ying, JN Justice… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
The search for biomarkers that quantify biological aging (particularly 'omic'-based
biomarkers) has intensified in recent years. Such biomarkers could predict aging-related …

Epigenetic ageing clocks: statistical methods and emerging computational challenges

AE Teschendorff, S Horvath - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2025 - nature.com
Over the past decade, epigenetic clocks have emerged as powerful machine learning tools,
not only to estimate chronological and biological age but also to assess the efficacy of anti …

Development of an epigenetic clock resistant to changes in immune cell composition

A Tomusiak, A Floro, R Tiwari, R Riley… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Epigenetic clocks are age predictors that use machine-learning models trained on DNA CpG
methylation values to predict chronological or biological age. Increases in predicted …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial transcriptomic clocks reveal cell proximity effects in brain ageing

ED Sun, OY Zhou, M Hauptschein, N Rappoport, L Xu… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Old age is associated with a decline in cognitive function and an increase in
neurodegenerative disease risk. Brain ageing is complex and is accompanied by many …

Decoding aging clocks: new insights from metabolomics

H Huang, Y Chen, W Xu, L Cao, K Qian, E Bischof… - Cell Metabolism, 2025 - cell.com
Chronological age is a crucial risk factor for diseases and disabilities among older adults.
However, individuals of the same chronological age often exhibit divergent biological aging …

Long COVID as a disease of accelerated biological aging: An opportunity to translate geroscience interventions

A Shafqat, MC Masters, U Tripathi, T Tchkonia… - Ageing Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
It has been four years since long COVID—the protracted consequences that survivors of
COVID-19 face—was first described. Yet, this entity continues to devastate the quality of life …

Retro‐age: A unique epigenetic biomarker of aging captured by DNA methylation states of retroelements

LC Ndhlovu, ML Bendall, V Dwaraka, APS Pang… - Aging …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Reactivation of retroelements in the human genome has been linked to aging. However,
whether the epigenetic state of specific retroelements can predict chronological age remains …

The long and winding road of reprogramming-induced rejuvenation

AD Yücel, VN Gladyshev - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Organismal aging is inherently connected to the aging of its constituent cells and systems.
Reducing the biological age of the organism may be assisted by reducing the age of its cells …

[HTML][HTML] Longevity biotechnology: bridging AI, biomarkers, geroscience and clinical applications for healthy longevity

YX Lyu, Q Fu, D Wilczok, K Ying, A King… - Aging (Albany …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The recent unprecedented progress in ageing research and drug discovery brings together
fundamental research and clinical applications to advance the goal of promoting healthy …

Quantification of Epigenetic Aging in Public Health

CDJ Kusters, S Horvath - Annual Review of Public Health, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Estimators of biological age hold promise for use in preventive medicine, for early detection
of chronic conditions, and for monitoring the effectiveness of interventions aimed at …