{"id":224155,"date":"2025-10-28T10:11:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/scientists-can-now-see-aging-through-your-eyes"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:11:47","slug":"scientists-can-now-see-aging-through-your-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/scientists-can-now-see-aging-through-your-eyes","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Can Now \u201cSee\u201d Aging Through Your Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-can-now-see-aging-through-your-eyes.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The small blood vessels in the eye could reveal important clues about a person\u2019s risk of heart disease and the rate at which they are biologically aging, according to scientists from McMaster University and the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) \u2013 a joint institute of Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster.<\/p>\n<p>Published in the journal <em> <i>Science Advances<\/i><\/em>, the research suggests that retinal scans may eventually become a simple, non-invasive way to assess the body\u2019s vascular health and aging process. This approach could pave the way for earlier detection of health issues and more effective preventive care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy connecting retinal scans, genetics, and blood biomarkers, we have uncovered molecular pathways that help explain how aging affects the vascular system,\u201d says Marie Pigeyre, senior author of the study and associate professor with McMaster\u2019s Department of Medicine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The small blood vessels in the eye could reveal important clues about a person\u2019s risk of heart disease and the rate at which they are biologically aging, according to scientists from McMaster University and the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) \u2013 a joint institute of Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster. Published in the journal Science [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}