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Re:Building an AI to predict human age from a blood sample by all_blue_chucks on Sunday March 08, 2020 @11:32PM (#22522767)
It occurs to me that antibodies for diseases would make an interesting approach to age estimation. In the 1918 flu older people were spared. This is presumed to be due to the fact that they had an immunity due to an exposure in their own youths.
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Re:Building an AI to predict human age from a blood sample by echelon on Sunday March 08, 2020 @11:48PM (#22522838)
Interesting, but strewn with potential challenges.

Over time, cell populations with BCR/TCR that recognize and bind such antigens will cease proliferation. Moreover, some cell populations will be localized to certain tissues and not in circulation.

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Re:Building an AI to predict human age from a blood sample by wyxuan on Sunday March 08, 2020 @11:56PM (#22522881)
Yeah, and it would be impossible to determine the age with a resolution better than a decade (at best).
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