Nobel laureate marketing lifespan test

Elizabeth Blackburn won her award, along with two other researchers, for her work on telomeres, pieces of DNA which cap chromosomes and keep cells from ageing too soon. She discovered the telomerase enzyme which repairs the telomeres.
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Depression linked to telomere enzyme aging chronic disease

The first symptoms of major depression may be behavioral, but the common mental illness is based in biology — and not limited to the brain, new research …
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Nobel laureate marketing lifespan test

She discovered the telomerase enzyme which repairs the telomeres. Long telomeres are associated with longer life expectancy; short telomeres with shorter life expectancy. She says that it is impossible to predict how much longer people have to live …
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New technique may help develop genetic thermometer to assess patients’ health

In these organs, and in young individuals, the telomerase enzyme extends telomeres with each division, negating chromosomal shortening that would otherwise occur. Telomerase activity declines as people age, and as a result telomeres shorten and can be …
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Telomere Length, Telomerase Supplements, and Aging | ORACValues

Telomeres are extremely important to aging. At birth they tend to be around 8000 base pairs long, around 35 years they are 3000 base pairs long, and by age 65 …
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