On March 7, 2024, Aging Cell published research co-authored by 2022 AFAR Grantee Aditi Gurkar, PhD, on possible blood-based markers linked to a person’s biological age and an insight into why people age differently which could lead to interventions that could promote a longer healthspan.
The abstract states:
“Unlike chronological age, biological age is a strong indicator of health of an individual. However, the molecular fingerprint associated with biological age is ill-defined... Together, our findings reveal that a network of metabolic pathways underlie biological aging, and the HAM index could serve as a predictor of phenotypic aging in humans.”
This research was advanced in part thanks to the Hevolution/AFAR New Investigator Awards in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research Dr. Gurkar received in 2022.
Read the article, “A molecular index for biological age identified from the metabolome and senescence-associated secretome in humans” here.
For more, read a related press release here.
