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Predicting health and life span with the deep plasma proteome

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Recent large-scale proteomic studies reveal the association of levels of circulating proteins with life span and many health-related outcomes.

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Fig. 1: Proteomics measures for aging and health.

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  1. The Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland

    Valur Emilsson & Vilmundur Gudnason

  2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Valur Emilsson & Vilmundur Gudnason

  3. Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA

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Emilsson, V., Gudnason, V. & Jennings, L.L. Predicting health and life span with the deep plasma proteome. Nat Med 25, 1815–1816 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0677-y

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