Biological Age Test in Palo Alto-Silicon Valley
An estimate of how fast your body is aging, rather than how long you have lived, and 3 clinics in Palo Alto-Silicon Valley that list it.
- Time
- One visit Or a kit at home
- What you do
- Give blood or saliva Depends on the test
- You get
- An estimated biological age Sometimes a pace of aging
A biological age test estimates how fast your body is aging. Most read chemical marks on your DNA, known as an epigenetic clock. Some measure telomere length, the protective caps on the ends of your chromosomes.
These are research measures rather than diagnoses. Different tests can give the same person different answers, so a result is best read as one data point to track over time with the same test. Biological-age testing is offered under brands like TruAge and DunedinPACE.
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Biological Age Test: common questions
Which clinics in Palo Alto-Silicon Valley list biological age or telomere testing?
3 in our Palo Alto-Silicon Valley guide: Biohackr Health, Palo Alto, Young Naturopathic Center for Wellness and Lifetime Performance Medicine.
Can I compare results from two companies?
Not reliably. Each clock is built differently, so compare a result only with an earlier result from the same test.
What can I do with the number?
Use it as one marker alongside things with a clearer meaning, such as blood pressure, fitness and routine blood tests.
Sources: National Institute on Aging: In search of better biomarkers of aging; Limits of epigenetic clocks as personal biomarkers (PubMed)