{"id":4548,"date":"2025-07-09T10:40:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T10:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=4548"},"modified":"2025-07-09T10:41:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T10:41:22","slug":"would-you-want-to-know-how-fast-youre-ageing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/retirement\/would-you-want-to-know-how-fast-youre-ageing\/","title":{"rendered":"Would you want to know how fast you\u2019re ageing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4548\" class=\"elementor elementor-4548\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23216d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23216d0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6719144\" data-id=\"6719144\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ebb626 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ebb626\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>A<strong> new \u2018ageing clock\u2019 powered by MRI scans can now reveal your biological ageing rate \u2013 and what it could mean for your future health.<\/strong><\/p><p>A team of international researchers has developed a cutting-edge tool that can estimate how fast your body is ageing \u2013 just from a single MRI scan of your brain.<\/p><p>Developed by scientists from Duke University, Harvard University, and the University of Otago in New Zealand, the tool is called DunedinPACNI (short for Pace of Aging Computed from NeuroImaging).<\/p><p>Unlike traditional age predictors based on your birth date, DunedinPACNI measures your biological ageing rate, which can forecast future risks of dementia, chronic disease, and even early death.<\/p><p>\u201cWhat\u2019s really cool about this is that we\u2019ve captured how fast people are ageing using data collected in midlife,\u201d said Professor Ahmad Hariri from Duke University.<\/p><p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s helping us predict diagnosis of dementia among people who are much older.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>How it works<\/strong><\/p><p>The researchers drew from the world-renowned Dunedin Study, which has tracked 1,037 people born in 1972-73 in New Zealand for over 50 years.<\/p><p>By analysing biomarkers like blood pressure, cholesterol, kidney and lung function, glucose levels and even dental health, they calculated a Pace of Ageing score for each person.<\/p><p>DunedinPACNI takes this a step further by applying that information to brain scans. The result? A non-invasive, MRI-based algorithm that can now estimate your biological ageing rate \u2013 and it\u2019s freely available for researchers to use on GitHub.<\/p><p><strong>What makes this tool different?<\/strong><\/p><p>This is not the first \u201cageing clock\u201d the team has built. Their earlier version, DunedinPACE, was based on DNA methylation \u2013 but that required expensive genetic testing and wasn\u2019t available to everyone.<\/p><p>DunedinPACNI, however, can be used on standard MRI scans \u2013 meaning it could be adopted quickly by existing brain health studies and clinics around the world.<\/p><p><strong>Why it matters<\/strong><\/p><p>For those in midlife and beyond, this tool could help flag health risks long before symptoms appear \u2013 potentially opening the door to early prevention or intervention.<\/p><p>But it also raises a fascinating question:<\/p><p>Would you want to know how fast your body is ageing \u2013 especially if you feel perfectly healthy?<\/p><p>It\u2019s a deeply personal choice. For some, the knowledge could be empowering. For others, it may feel like peeking too far into the future.<\/p><p>Either way, as technology advances, tools like DunedinPACNI are making personalised health prediction more accessible than ever.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new \u2018ageing clock\u2019 powered by MRI scans can now reveal your biological ageing rate \u2013 and what it could mean for your future health. 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