Cells from the telomerase knockout mouse immortalize with an approximately ten million-fold greater frequency than human cells. In this commentary, Wright and Shay discuss the implications of this ...

they’re unable to say whether shorter telomeres cause aging or merely accompany it. But it’s clear the fates aren’t entirely in charge. According to the new science of telomeres, we can ...

For most people, aging means inevitable and irreversible ... Protective caps on the ends of our chromosomes, called telomeres, shorten. The ability of our cells to produce proteins to carry ...

The findings suggest that reducing inflammation may be more effective than dietary changes in slowing down the aging process at the cellular level. Telomeres are protective caps at the ends of ...

As you age you naturally lose neurons and muscle mass and experience a decline in fertility and wound healing ability.

LYDIA GREENE: So imagine a fluffy, fat-tailed squirrel with forward-facing eyes and human-like hands that could grasp ... FLORA LICHTMAN: I mean, Lydia, we know that telomere shortening is associated ...

Cell aging has always been an important topic in biological research, and telomere shortening is one of the key issues in cell aging studies. Telomeres are special DNA sequences located at the ...

Research on how these distantly related primates defy aging during their seasonal stupor could point ... It’s thanks to tiny caps on the ends of their chromosomes called telomeres. They work like the ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

At the heart of this discovery is the relationship between strength training and telomeres—protective caps on our DNA strands that serve as reliable markers of biological aging. As we naturally ...

Cancer researchers at Children's Medical Research Institute have discovered an "unexpected mechanism" that our cells use to avoid cancer. Telomeres are the protective caps at chromosome ends and ...