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, EXACTLY how old is your body? The chronological and physical ages of our bodies are rarely in sync, but so far the only way we can tell if a sprightly 70-year-old has the physiology of a fiftysomething is by educated guesstimate.
Now scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research say in the journal Aging Cell that they have created a examines a suite of genes related to physical ageing and estimates how much longer we may live.
So far, though, the system has been pioneered only on nematode worms (below), which scientists like to use because they reportedly have strong physical similarities to the human metabolism. Simon Melov, the lead study author, says that the gene biomarkers may also help us to assess the efficacy (or otherwise) of so-called anti-ageing therapies.
Obese city FC
WHO ate all the pies? It's the football fans themselves, says a survey by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, which claims that being a raises your risk of being dangerously obese.
The study found that the more fanatic the supporter, the more likely he is to eat fast-food, consume fewer