When I last wrote about the research I did on aging and exercise, I focused on one of the major ways biologists can tell where a person is in the aging process: the epigenetic clock. I described a ...

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Telomeres are repeating sequences of DNA commonly described as being located at the “ends” of chromosomes inside our cells to ...

Elizabeth Blackburn is one of the world’s leading molecular biologists, with a deep understanding of cellular life and human ...

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Longer leukocyte telomeres are linked to a lower risk for stroke, dementia, and late-life depression (LLD), early research suggests. The findings also indicated that adopting a healthy lifestyle may ...