Want to Know When You’ll Die? A New Blood Test May Hold the Answer

It’s not perfect, but scientists are excited by the potential

Emily Mullin
OneZero
Published in
5 min readAug 20, 2019

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PPredicting death was once just a trick for fortune-tellers, with nothing scientific about it. But now, scientists are getting a little bit closer to being able to forecast when your time might run out.

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Emily Mullin
OneZero

Former staff writer at Medium, where I covered biotech, genetics, and Covid-19 for OneZero, Future Human, Elemental, and the Coronavirus Blog.