Sentences with phrase «different biological ages»

A study of Danish twins in their 80s found that when a pair has different biological ages, the «older» one was twice as likely to die over the ensuing eight years as the «younger» one.

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There is a reason that generations of parents have bed shared and still do and there is a reason why it is part of the biological imperative; I think it is unnatural to want to forcibly make an infant «independent» when they may not be ready for that sort of transition (as the phrase goes «every baby is different» so therefore, would they not have different ages for all the transitional stages that occur?).

For instance, radiocarbon dating determines the age of biological remains based on the ratio between the carbon isotopes (atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons) carbon - 12 and carbon - 14 it holds - this proportion changes as radioactive carbon - 14 breaks down while stable carbon - 12 does not.

The findings, published today in the Journal of Affective Disorders, suggest that the causes of childhood - onset depression may be different from those of adult - onset depression, and could lead to new treatments targeting the mechanisms which govern biological ageing.

The specific manifestations of aging vary among different tissues, and common biological mechanisms driving natural aging progression have not been established.

In many different species, a variety of biological pathways which slow ageing are switched on when only minimal calories are eaten.

This research links residence with biological and nonbiological married and unmarried parents to the cognitive achievement and behavioral problems of children aged 3 — 12, controlling for factors that make such families different.