by University of Chicago Medical Center Human chromosomes (grey) capped by telomeres (white). Credit: PD-NASA; PD-USGOV-NASA Telomere length has long been considered an important biomarker in human aging and disease, but most studies on the relationship between telomere length and health have looked only in a single tissue type: blood. This limitation has raised the question...
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Telomere length predicts cancer risk
The length of the telomere “caps” of DNA that protect the tips of chromosomes may predict cancer risk and be a potential target for future therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) scientists will report today at the AACR Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Longer-than-expected telomeres — which are composed of repeated sequences of DNA...