Biomarkers of Aging and Aspect of Aging

The term biomarker, which is encountered with increasing frequency in the gerontological literature, is used with a variety of implicit or explicit definitions. In some contexts, a biomarker is expected to predict longevity; in other usages, it is expected to be correlated with physiological age; in still other, it is expected to be descriptive of a fundamental aspect of aging, and so on. (more…)