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Opinion: Biomarkers of Longevity Not Ready for the Clinic
The science isn’t there yet, nor are the known interventions that ought to be combined with delivering such predictions.
Opinion: Biomarkers of Longevity Not Ready for the Clinic
Opinion: Biomarkers of Longevity Not Ready for the Clinic

The science isn’t there yet, nor are the known interventions that ought to be combined with delivering such predictions.

The science isn’t there yet, nor are the known interventions that ought to be combined with delivering such predictions.

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Image of the Day: Sticky Telomeres
Chia-Yi Hou | May 16, 2019
Telomeres in cancer cells exposed to oxidative stress got shorter and stickier.
Opinion: Consumer DNA Testing Is Crossing into Unethical Territories
John D. Loike | Aug 16, 2018
Data don’t support many direct-to-consumer products, from telomere assessments to bespoke diets based on genetic sequences.
Study: Telomeres Don’t Shorten with Age in Longest-Lived Bats
Diana Kwon | Feb 7, 2018
Researchers find that while bats in the Myotis genus don’t produce telomerase, the enzyme that lengthens telomeres, they possess 21 telomere maintenance–related genes.
Early-Life Stress Affects Telomeres Later
Anna Azvolinsky | Oct 3, 2016
An accumulation of stressful events in childhood is associated with shorter telomeres as a person ages, researchers report. 
Exercise Boosts Telomere Transcription
Anna Azvolinsky | Jul 27, 2016
Endurance exercise and metabolism are linked to transcriptional activation of human telomeres, researchers propose.
Another Telomere-Regulating Enzyme Found
Jef Akst | Nov 12, 2015
Researchers identify a novel protein that helps maintain the length of chromosome-capping telomeres. 
Telomeres Show Signs of Early-Life Stress
Rina Shaikh-Lesko | Apr 7, 2014
Reduction in telomere length is associated with stress early on in life and may have a genetic component, researchers find.
Anti-aging Pill Challenged
Hayley Dunning | Jul 31, 2012
Former biotech executive files lawsuit accusing the company of engaging in deceptive business practices.
With All Due Consideration
Mary Beth Aberlin | May 1, 2012
Scientists and their many hats