Treat biological age (measured by validated molecular clocks) as an auditable public‑health metric alongside chronological age for clinical screening, prevention programs, and allocation of prevention resources. Rather than a vanity test, a standardized biomarker could guide targeted interventions to slow physiological aging, evaluate therapies, and inform insurance/regulatory decisions.
— If governments and health systems adopt biological‑age metrics, it would reorient prevention, funding and regulation toward slowing aging as a disease modifier—affecting Medicare/Medicaid planning, anti‑aging research priorities, workforce health programs, and consumer protection for commercial 'age' tests.
Morgan Levine
2026.01.16
100% relevant
Morgan Levine (author of True Age) describes quantifying individual aging rates with molecular measures and argues that knowing one’s biological age enables concrete steps to extend healthspan; the interview and her lab’s work provide the empirical and advocacy connection.
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