Telomeres
Lots of interest currently into relationship of telomere length on aging - or vice versa.
Telomeres are a region of repetitive nucleotide sequences at the end of chromosone which reduce in length over time - therefore hinting they may be involved in the aging prcess, i.e. length reduces to zero and cell blows up (I'm simplifying slightly!)
Resources
Telomere length testing kit - Titanovo
Measured in relative T/S and in absolute length in kbp (kilobasepairs)
TeloYears - finger prick blood DNA test provides your Average Telomere Length (ATL)
Recent News
2018 Telomere Length Update by Liz Parrish
Bioviva Science - 24-Sep-2018In September 2015 Liz Parrish received two gene therapies.
Telomerase Gene Therapy Does Not Increase Cancer Risk
Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF) - 27-Aug-2018Gene therapy study reactivated telomerase gene in cells.
Telomere loop structure more important than length
Medical Xpress - 20-Jul-2018People born with abnormally short telomeres suffer a variety of conditions.
