The Biology of Aging: How Long Are Your Telomeres?
A recent article by Fran Johns, a great True/Slant contributor who has written about Posit Science, talks all about telomeres. If you don’t know what telomeres are (I didn’t), they are protective caps on our chromosomes that help to regulate cell aging. Long telomeres = “younger” cellular age and better cell health. Short telomeres = “older” [...]
Tags: aging, chromosomes, Fran Johns, scientific studies, telomeres
Posted July 16, 2010 by Marghi Merzenich under Neuroscience, Odds and Ends, Posit Science software, Research studies
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