My, what long telomeres you have.

• Autores: Thea Singer
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 304, Nº. 4, 2011, págs. 22-22
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the development of a blood test by researchers that will allow patients to determine how quickly they are aging. Topics include the role of telomeres, which are the caps on the end of chromosomes, in aging, the correlation between certain diseases and the length of telomeres, and the use of telomeres to determine an individual's health status.