The amounts of protein produced by a particular set of genes could give researchers clues to how much a person or another animal has aged, scientists report. They say that the finding could be invaluable for developing new treatments to slow the toll that time takes on the body.
Researchers have long searched for molecular markers that track the rate of physical deterioration that accumulates with age.
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