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The goal is to learn more about telomere length and other markers of ageing, how best to measure these markers, how they are related to health and lifestyle, and how people respond to learning their own telomere length results.
Elizabeth Blackburn
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What this quote means

The quote emphasizes the importance of understanding biological markers of aging and their relationship with health and lifestyle.

In this quote, Elizabeth Blackburn highlights the significance of researching telomere length and other aging markers as a means to comprehend their effects on overall health and well-being. By exploring how individuals react to their own telomere length results, we can gain insights into the interplay between biological aging and lifestyle choices, thus paving the way for healthier living and informed decision-making.

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TelomereAgingHealthLifestyleBiomarkers

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In a health seminar discussing aging, this quote can emphasize the importance of understanding how our biology relates to our lifestyle choices.

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Cancer cells have had so many other things go wrong with them, genetic, non-genetic changes, that those cells, one of the things they then get selected for is that they have lots of telomerase because now the telomeres in those cells get maintained.
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We and other groups are seeing clear statistical links between telomere shortness and risk for a variety of diseases that are becoming very common, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and certain cancers.
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Checking your telomere length is a bit like weighing yourself: you get this single number which depends on a lot of factors. Telomere length gives a sense of your underlying health.
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We think there are lifestyle factors that boost telomerase naturally.
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For me, arguably the story of telomeres and telomerase began thousands of years ago, in the cornfields of the Maya highlands of Central America.
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