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Epigenetic Clock Studies in Companion Animals

Speaker:

Steve Horvath, PhD

Event date: 24 May 2023 Lausanne, Switzerland 

Epigenetic clocks, which can be used to predict biological age from DNA methylation data, are one tool that researchers now use to evaluate anti-aging interventions in preclinical and clinical studies. Why build an epigenetic clock for companion animals? Dr. Steve Horvath explains the premise and promise of epigenetic clocks, and how they may facilitate the translation of interventions from humans to pets and vice versa. 

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