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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/+32Easy. You cut of their limbs and count the rings
  • jpinsk, on 11/20/2008, -0/+29Personally, I find Brain Age on the DS to be the best way to calculate it
  • chas46, on 11/20/2008, -3/+28 I can't wait until they find the DNA death marker.
  • maus56, on 11/21/2008, -2/+19Nice to have for the next Olympics.
  • damack, on 11/20/2008, -0/+12This 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/+10I'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.
  • vivisimonvi, on 11/21/2008, -2/+8I plan to live forever!!

    So far, so good.
  • crushfan, on 11/21/2008, -1/+6IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPUTE LOL.
  • sonofashoe, on 11/21/2008, -0/+4"Non-subjectively"? Is that science-speak for "objectively"?
  • ACalcutt, on 11/21/2008, -1/+5I'll have to invent something new in the next ten minutes. Perhaps some sort of death clock....
  • davidg11, on 11/21/2008, -2/+5Cool.

    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?

  • 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.
  • oRocketSurgeryo, on 11/21/2008, -0/+3I already know my age. The wii fit told me.

    ;)
  • inactive, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2I 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?
  • mal1964, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2Fake ID businesses have just checked the DNR box
  • EvilCan, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2You've never seen 2 girls 1 cup?
  • cam0man, on 11/21/2008, -1/+3huh? 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.
  • writer0213, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2I thought you usually just find out by when your birthday is? Geez I'm behind the times.
  • inactive, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2No, Genes don't determine breathing in nasty pollution and eating ***** food.
  • specialK16, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2Oh Oh.....
  • EvilCan, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2Just look at your gamerscore.
  • ousthouse, on 11/21/2008, -1/+3I thought adblock kept these links from showing up in my browser....
  • ophello, on 11/21/2008, -1/+3Does 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.
  • Macintoshreader, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2"If you eat *****"
    Who would do something so gross?
  • mikeoncampus, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2so they can prove all the actresses on sex and the city are really 80?
  • inactive, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2I tried that, Apparently they won't be aging anymore due to excessive blood loss.
  • Autodidaddict, on 11/21/2008, -2/+3Since when was dog years / 7 not legit anymore???
  • ophello, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1This link is a failure.
  • nyx210, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1Why bother?
  • DestroyingAngel, on 11/21/2008, -1/+2What JustinBobby08 says is that years is a measure of time, not a measure of health.
  • TheBadAndy, on 11/21/2008, -2/+3Personally, 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.
  • kaosethema, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1i've got to be at least a hundred.
  • JimMcFartyPants, on 11/21/2008, -1/+2I guess this beats cutting off a leg and counting the number of rings.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Briandrews15, on 11/23/2008, -0/+1in a real sense, this is worthless *****.
  • Briandrews15, on 11/22/2008, -0/+1ladies and gentlemen, you are a moron. ***** remarkable sarcasm
  • copypastry, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1I just use the Wii Fit Age.
  • ASSASSYN360, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1I am 30 years old...my physical age is 30 years old...is that good?
  • h4sh1sh, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1so this would explain why some people my age act like they are 5 sometimes....
  • tr909, on 11/21/2008, -0/+0That was funny. The first time we read it above.
  • HamstaMan, on 11/21/2008, -0/+0Again with pseudo scientific attacks on obese children. Give it a rest.
  • HamstaMan, on 11/21/2008, -0/+0Just take it as a compliment.
  • DukeMojo, on 11/21/2008, -2/+2If I recall, this has been around for awhile. I think I even remember Michio Kaku hosting a Science Channel show about time, and him being read his own "real age".

    Although, I should probably RTFA.
  • Xanth, on 11/21/2008, -2/+2Hey, now we can test those Chinese gymnasts! 16 my butt.
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