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Telomerase: Downgraded by long term proponent

19-Mar-2018

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Josh Mitteldorf curbs his enthusiasm based on latest study.

Telomerase affects epigenetics in ways that accelerate aging.

Genome-wide association study of 9907 individuals.

People with longer telomeres tend to age faster, as measured by the Horvath clock.

No Horvath aging at all in the cell cultures that lacked telomerase.

The study was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Peer-reviewed journal on cancer research published by Oxford University Press

Moffitt Cancer Center

Nonprofit cancer treatment and research center.

Richard Cawthon

Research Associate Professor in Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah.

Steve Horvath

Professor of Human Genetics & Biostatistics at UCLA

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Telomeres