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  • Mathematical Biology
  • Epigenetics

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  • Chronological age offers a linear measure of life, insufficient for precise developmental or aging insights.
  • Biological age, or epigenetic age, accurately represents tissue and organ evolution, exhibiting non-linear progression.
  • Biological age can undergo discontinuous jumps, both negative (rejuvenation) and positive (premature aging), influenced by endogenous or exogenous factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel mathematical model for biological age.
  • To incorporate both positive and negative jumps (premature aging and rejuvenation) into the biological age model.
  • To analyze the model's solution dynamics and validate it with simulations.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a mathematical framework to model biological age with non-linear jumps.
  • Analytical solution for the existence and uniqueness of the model's solution.
  • Temporal dynamic analysis using moments equations.
  • Individual-based stochastic simulations for validation.

Main Results:

  • A validated mathematical model for biological age that accounts for both positive and negative age jumps.
  • Demonstration of the model's ability to capture complex aging dynamics.
  • Confirmation of model robustness through theoretical analysis and simulations.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed mathematical model provides a more accurate representation of biological aging than chronological age.
  • The model successfully integrates the impact of various life events on biological age.
  • This work offers a new tool for studying aging processes and their variability.