Cheekage: A simple test predicts ageing speed and mortality risk
Interesting Engineering - 01-Oct-2024US researchers unveil a groundbreaking tool using cheek cells to estimate biological age
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AXA Chair of Medical Informatics and Life Course Epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh
Postdoctoral data analyst affiliated with the Usher Institute and the MRC Human Genetics Unit.
Genetics researcher at Edinburgh University in the MRC Human Genetics Unit and the Roslin Institute.
Senior Lecturer in HPB/Transplant Surgery and Consultant Surgeon at University of Edinburgh.
Bruce and John Usher Chair in Public Health, Usher Institute at University of Edinburgh.
Professor in the Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation at the University of Edinburgh.
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