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 ...

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 ...

With the rise of companies like 23 and me cannot buy genetic tests online. Some of them promised to reveal your true biological age by measuring the tips of your chromosomes. Some scientists are ...

MAUI, Hawaii--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Extended Longevity, a Hawaii-based longevity company focused on reversing the biomarkers of aging, announces that new test results show the regrowth of telomeres in a 75 ...

Over-the-counter tests with claims to measure your biological age may be inaccurate. It is has long been believed that measuring the length of your telomeres can provide an insight into your ...

Given the uncertainty and risk of wrong interpretation, should you have your telomeres measured? Maybe, if the results motivate healthy lifestyle changes. For now, a surer bet for healthy aging would ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- We all know people who seem to be young or old for their age. It turns out their might be a biological reason for that. Now, there might even be a way to tell whether you and ...

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 ...

When I last wrote about the research I did on aging and exercise, I focused on one of the major ways biologists can tell where a person is in the aging process: the epigenetic clock. I described a ...

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 ...