Updated 01.29.26
The search for eternal life didn’t begin or end with the Knights Templar or the great Conquistadors of Spain. At our very nature, humans have always sought ways for a longer life span. Whether through magical means, or scientific, the search continues. At this time, immortality is out of our reach—but that doesn’t mean we can’t take control of our longevity.
In essence, any life that extends past the average life span is considered to have longevity.
Longevity, DNA and RNA (gene expression)
A number of factors can contribute to a longer life span, and it’s no surprise our health and nutrition play a pivotal role in it. But it’s not necessarily reflected in your DNA.
That means that although your genes might say a little bit about how long you’ll live, it’s really more up to your environment and how you live. Factors such as nutrition, sleep, exercise and other environmental factors like pathogens and viruses affect what we call gene expression, or which genes are active in your body at any given time. Effectively it shows how your DNA is translated into RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) based on your environment, emotions, and stresses, and does a greater job at predicting what kind of life span you’ll have.
With Viome’s health intelligence tests, we’re able to take a snapshot of what’s impacting your gut microbes and human and microbial genes and score the pathways that can impact your health – to give fresh insights into how you are aging biologically compared to other people of similar age.
Human Gene Expression and Scoring Longevity
At Viome, we’re known to be deeply passionate about the gut microbiome. Every day, more and more research is being published about the heavy influence our gut microbes have over our digestion, level of inflammation, and healthspan. It’s a complex relationship, and we’re really just now getting into the depth of it.
But the minute detail of how our microbes do just what they do is even more mysterious. Like a true butterfly effect, the interactions of our gut microbes with their environment (us!) can perpetuate changes that reflect in our blood, tissues, and even brain.
Understanding how these interactions translate to changes in our gene expression is why we developed our own one-of-a-kind Human Gene Expression test, included in our Full Body Intelligence™ Test, that analyzes a simple finger-prick blood sample.
Much like testing your blood sugar, all it takes is a single drop of blood and suddenly we can see into the complex dynamics that are happening inside you that influence your health and longevity.
A Maze of Expression
Through our Full Body Intelligence™ Test, we are able to analyze your gene expression into various sets of pathways that assess your level of inflammation, cellular health, mitochondrial health, stress response, and biological age! Each of these pathways is scored to give you your individual Health Scores — including your Gut Microbiome Health score, based on our award-winning Gut Intelligence™ Test, that can help determine how well you’re faring on your journey to a longer and healthier life span.
Our Improved Biological Age Score
BioAge™ V5: Our Most Accurate Biological Age Model Yet
BioAge V5 is our most advanced biological aging model to date. You’ll experience this upgrade with your next test, and we’ll automatically refresh your historical BioAge values so you can continue tracking changes over time—seamlessly and consistently.
This update reflects a core principle at Viome: as our science evolves, your insights get better. Every new dataset strengthens the model, and every test improves its accuracy.
What’s new in BioAge V5
Emerging research shows the oral microbiome plays a critical role in systemic aging, influencing inflammation, vascular health, metabolic regulation, and immune signaling.
BioAge V5 now incorporates oral biology alongside gut and blood data, including:
- Oral microbial species
- Oral functional pathways
- Molecular signals tied to inflammatory cascades and cardiometabolic health
Together, these additions create a more complete, whole-body view of aging—one that better reflects how biological systems interact across the body.
Built on the largest functional RNA dataset in the world
BioAge V5 is trained on Viome’s largest and most rigorously controlled dataset to date, drawn from the world’s largest metatranscriptomic RNA database.
Unlike approaches that rely on a narrow set of biomarkers or single systems, Viome measures active gene expression from both human and microbial cells across saliva, stool, and blood. This allows BioAge V5 to capture the functional biology underlying aging, including:
- Inflammatory activity
- Metabolic and mitochondrial pathways
- Immune signaling
- Microbial functions that interact with human biology
The result is a Biological Age score that reflects how your biology is actually functioning, not just static lab values or isolated markers.
Peer-reviewed, continuously improving
Viome’s methodology is peer-reviewed and published, and BioAge V5 continues to improve as more users test. This places BioAge V5 among the most advanced, data-driven biological aging models available today, and ensures it keeps getting better over time.
A First Step in the Right Direction
The future is here, and you’re now just a click away of taking real actions that may improve your health beyond recognition. We might not be offering immortality on our list of services yet, but we illuminate the path unique to you toward a healthier tomorrow.
Find out more about our Full Body Intelligence™ Test Health Intelligence.
Our Viome Precision Supplements™ recommendations that are now included in your Gut and Full Body Intelligence™ results & recommendations give you the precise nutrition you need to support the scores that need attention and maintain those scores that are doing well. Check out more on our breakthrough Precision Supplements targeted to help you improve your health based on your unique gut microbiome and cellular health needs.*
Your opportunity for precision nutrition, including food and supplements, is here, with a complete analysis of the gut microbes that impact your health and how they influence the expression of your genes. Lead a happier, healthier, and perhaps even a little longer life.*
The information on the Viome website is provided for informational purposes only and with the understanding that Viome is not engaged in rendering medical advice or recommendations. Viome provides this educational information to share the exciting developments being reported in the scientific literature about the human microbiome and your health. Viome products are not intended to diagnose, treat, or prevent any disease.
