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Danish scientists find way to tell age through eyes

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posted on Feb, 19 2008 @ 07:13 PM
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Danish scientists find way to tell age through eyes


uk.reuters.com

A new way to decipher a person's age by looking into the lens of the eye could help forensic scientists identify bodies, Danish researchers said on Tuesday.

Their new technique uses radiocarbon dating to measure special proteins known as lens crystallines that develop around birth and remain unchanged for the rest of our lives. They are the only part of the body apart from teeth that do so.
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posted on Feb, 19 2008 @ 07:13 PM
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This could prove to be an excellent new forensic technology; the ability to determine the age of a person, just by examining some compounds in the eye, and identifiable to the year of birth.



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