Does GlycanAge measure DNA?
A common question we get here surrounds what we actually analyse.
So at GlycanAge lets get it out the way right out the gate that we DO NOT measure anything specifically with regards to DNA.
GlycanAge looks at your immune system, and how active it is in your body. As we age, we usually develop and build up levels of chronic inflammation, this can be seen in the specific structures our body places on our glycans in order to get them to act in a pro/anti-inflammatory manner.
This process is known as Glycosylation (note - NOT Glycation!! Another commonly understood measure of aging). And we analyse multiple structures to plot you against our baseline to determine our measure of your biological age.