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Reversing age: dual species measurement of epigenetic age with a single clock

2 pointsby sanquialmost 5 years ago

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sanquialmost 5 years ago
Breakdown by David Sinclair in this Twitter thread: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;davidasinclair&#x2F;status&#x2F;1259912928695857152" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;davidasinclair&#x2F;status&#x2F;125991292869585715...</a><p>Highlight:<p>&gt;<i>The result is so literally incredible that even the first author, Prof. Steve Horvath, didn&#x27;t believe it at first. I suggested he check if the rats were mixed up, but he assured me he checked their genomes. The rats weren&#x27;t mixed up and the data is the data. </i><p>&gt;<i>Using the final versions of their epigenetic clocks the reversal was: liver 75%, blood 66%, heart 57%, hypothalamus 19%. Average rejuvenation across four tissues was 54.2%. This is astounding.</i><p>&gt;<i>What else did they see? Accumulation of fat in old tissues was greatly reduced. All health-related blood biomarkers they assessed (lipids, liver function, blood cells) &quot;were altered towards the values of young rats, without exception.&quot;</i>