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Scientists find way to calculate people's 'real age'

telegraph.co.uk — You are only as old as you feel, it is said. But soon scientists will be able to calculate your real "biological age". Researchers studying genes believe they can now detect exact "physical age" by looking at a number of clues - or biomarkers - in DNA. They believe that the tests will be the first time doctors can accurately predict someone's age.

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  • sonic11, on 11/20/2008, -0/+40that would be impossible as your DNA does not instruct you specifically to attempt that skateboarding under a moving 18 wheeler trick.
  • Trollbane, on 11/21/2008, -0/+31Easy. You cut of their limbs and count the rings
  • jpinsk, on 11/20/2008, -0/+28Personally, I find Brain Age on the DS to be the best way to calculate it
  • chas46, on 11/20/2008, -3/+27 I can't wait until they find the DNA death marker.
  • maus56, on 11/21/2008, -2/+18Nice to have for the next Olympics.
  • damack, on 11/20/2008, -0/+11This is interesting if they start working out our biological ages and some of us age a lot slower than others I wonder if one day biological age will be as prevailent in documents as chronological age.
  • inactive, on 11/21/2008, -0/+9I've been alive as long as I can remember
  • Briandrews15, on 11/21/2008, -0/+8...then your a 25 year old with bad health... not a 35 year old
  • Snoods, on 11/20/2008, -3/+10If you eat *****, smoke and don't exercise, then you may have the health of a 35 year old.
  • crushfan, on 11/21/2008, -1/+6IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPUTE LOL.
  • vivisimonvi, on 11/21/2008, -2/+7I plan to live forever!!

    So far, so good.
  • ACalcutt, on 11/21/2008, -1/+4I'll have to invent something new in the next ten minutes. Perhaps some sort of death clock....
  • sonofashoe, on 11/21/2008, -0/+3"Non-subjectively"? Is that science-speak for "objectively"?
  • xptoast, on 11/21/2008, -0/+3Doesn't affect genetic makup dude. Just means you have a fat kid.
  • MickJT, on 11/21/2008, -0/+3I'm pretty sure that if I was born 24 years ago, then my physical age is 24 years. Can't go against logic.

    All this research can do is compare it to something else. My true physical age is however long i've lived for, obviously.
  • EvilCan, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2You've never seen 2 girls 1 cup?
  • EvilCan, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2Just look at your gamerscore.
  • specialK16, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2Oh Oh.....
  • inactive, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2I tried that, Apparently they won't be aging anymore due to excessive blood loss.
  • davidg11, on 11/21/2008, -2/+4Cool.

    Now I can finally find out if my excessive drinking is making biologically younger since I act 21, or biologically older as my liver decay accelerates.

    Or do they cancel out?

  • inactive, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2No, Genes don't determine breathing in nasty pollution and eating ***** food.
  • Macintoshreader, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2"If you eat *****"
    Who would do something so gross?
  • oRocketSurgeryo, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2I already know my age. The wii fit told me.

    ;)
  • mal1964, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1Fake ID businesses have just checked the DNR box
  • writer0213, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1I thought you usually just find out by when your birthday is? Geez I'm behind the times.
  • kaosethema, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1i've got to be at least a hundred.
  • ophello, on 11/21/2008, -1/+2Does anyone else agree that the Telegraph has the most dumbed down, idiotically misleading titles ever?

    Seriously. Notice that the quotation marks are missing from the actual headline:
    "Scientists find way to calculate people's real age"

    Which makes it sound like scientists are complete idiots for not just asking the person how old they are. I ***** hate the Telegraph.
  • nyx210, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1Why bother?
  • ousthouse, on 11/21/2008, -1/+2I thought adblock kept these links from showing up in my browser....
  • inactive, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1I call *****,they have to take into account a lot of things that has nothing to do with DNA.

    What about Obese children that has the arteries of 45 yr olds?
  • cam0man, on 11/21/2008, -1/+2huh? they already have bone age testing they do to determine your 'real age'. where someone who's 25 may have a real age of 20 if they're a late bloomer or an age of 30 if they had an early onset of adolescence.
  • Briandrews15, on 11/22/2008, -0/+1ladies and gentlemen, you are a moron. ***** remarkable sarcasm
  • ASSASSYN360, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1I am 30 years old...my physical age is 30 years old...is that good?
  • Briandrews15, on 11/23/2008, -0/+1in a real sense, this is worthless *****.
  • DestroyingAngel, on 11/21/2008, -1/+2What JustinBobby08 says is that years is a measure of time, not a measure of health.
  • RedViper1999, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1Well I look like I'm in high school and I'm 24. It sucks I get carded for everything, movies, games, and obviously alcohol.
  • JuanPeron, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1"...tiny worms which behave similarly to humans..."

    I think I know their meaning, but I can't help imagining awesome tiny worm societies.
  • copypastry, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1I just use the Wii Fit Age.
  • mikeoncampus, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1so they can prove all the actresses on sex and the city are really 80?
  • ophello, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1This link is a failure.
  • Autodidaddict, on 11/21/2008, -2/+2Since when was dog years / 7 not legit anymore???
  • TheBadAndy, on 11/21/2008, -2/+2Personally, when I want to know my real age, I find out when I was born and then add up how many years have passed since that day.
  • JimMcFartyPants, on 11/21/2008, -1/+1I guess this beats cutting off a leg and counting the number of rings.
  • tr909, on 11/21/2008, -0/+0That was funny. The first time we read it above.
  • HamstaMan, on 11/21/2008, -0/+0Just take it as a compliment.
  • HamstaMan, on 11/21/2008, -0/+0Again with pseudo scientific attacks on obese children. Give it a rest.
  • Xanth, on 11/21/2008, -2/+2Hey, now we can test those Chinese gymnasts! 16 my butt.
  • h4sh1sh, on 11/21/2008, -0/+0so this would explain why some people my age act like they are 5 sometimes....
  • jazino, on 11/21/2008, -1/+0Ask?
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