{"id":240016,"date":"2026-06-30T14:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/rare-aging-disorder-links-biological-clock-to-disease"},"modified":"2026-06-30T14:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:12:13","slug":"rare-aging-disorder-links-biological-clock-to-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/rare-aging-disorder-links-biological-clock-to-disease","title":{"rendered":"Rare aging disorder links \u2018biological clock\u2019 to disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/rare-aging-disorder-links-biological-clock-to-disease2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists have discovered a rare genetic condition that causes people to age at a much faster rate, offering fresh insights into the aging process. The study shows for the first time how a \u201cbiological clock\u201d present in every cell of the body could contribute to age-related diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say the findings could support the design of future medicines to counter diseases linked to older age, as life expectancies continue to rise across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>The study is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41588-026-02633-8\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal Nature Genetics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have discovered a rare genetic condition that causes people to age at a much faster rate, offering fresh insights into the aging process. The study shows for the first time how a \u201cbiological clock\u201d present in every cell of the body could contribute to age-related diseases. Experts say the findings could support the design [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240016","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\/240016","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\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}