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We thank Renate Schulz for excellent technical assistance. This work was supported by the German Research Foundation (WA/1706/2-1) and the Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research within the Faculty of Medicine at the RWTH Aachen University (IZKF grants O1-1, O1-5 and O1-6).
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RWTH Aachen has applied for a patent application for the Epigenetic-Aging-Signature. WW is involved in the company Cygenia GmbH that can provide service for the Epigenetic-Aging-Signature. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Weidner, C., Ziegler, P., Hahn, M. et al. Epigenetic aging upon allogeneic transplantation: the hematopoietic niche does not affect age-associated DNA methylation. Leukemia 29, 985–988 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2014.323
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