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Scientists investigate human telomere length to elucidate aging and diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. 

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Study: Telomeres Don’t Shorten with Age in Longest-Lived Bats

Telomere Length and Childhood Stress Don’t Always Correlate

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Lawnmower-like Enzyme Rewinds Decades of Molecular Aging in Human Tissue

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Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

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