- Telomeres are regions at the end of chromosomes that protect against DNA damage.
- Telomeres get shorter with every division that a cell undergoes, and the shortening of telomeres is associated with biological aging and age-related conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.
- A new large study found that shorter telomere length in white blood cells was associated with a greater increase in markers of brain degeneration measured using MRI.
- Shorter telomere length was also associated with a higher…
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