RAPToR (real age prediction from transcriptome staging on reference) is a new, broadly applicable method that can precisely estimate the age of a sample from a reference transcriptome time series.
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This is a summary of: Bulteau, R. & Francesconi, M. Real age prediction from the transcriptome with RAPToR. Nat. Methods https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-022-01540-0 (2022).
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Inferring biological age from the transcriptome with RAPToR. Nat Methods 19, 936–937 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-022-01542-y
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