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Impatient People Likely To Age Faster

24-Feb-2016

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Shorter telomeres discovered in impatient subjects.

Patience of 1,158 undergraduates judged by willingness to delay cash reward.

Blood samples of participants analyzed.

More impatient people had short telomeres which is linked to aging.

Causal relationship not proven.

The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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National University of Singapore (NUS)

Asia’s leading university with a global approach in education, research and service.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

Multidisciplinary scientific journal, official journal of the National Academy of Sciences

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Telomeres