A role of telomere shortening in carcinogenesis is twofold; it inhibits tumor formation, but it can also lead to cancer initiation due to the promotion of genome instability.

Telomere shortening may be one of the earliest and most prevalent changes on a cell's path to cancer, according to two studies presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Association for ...

May 19 -- MONDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Multivitamins may help women live longer by preventing parts of their DNA from shortening, a new study has found. Telomeres, or the end portion of ...

Though the study found that between 1,000 and 2,000 IU can be safe, the recommended dietary allowance of vitamin D is 600 IU per day for those between ages 1 and 70, and 800 IU for those over 70 ...

Shortening Telomeres Linked To Aging In Population Studies, But Original Telomere Length Varies Between Individuals. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases ...

In the new study, researchers looked at the measurements of telomeres in 792 people over the course of 13 years. Of these participants, 135 were eventually diagnosed with different types of ...

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