Telomere research (and commercial test) is now arriving
300-500USD for a test I read
Elizabeth Blackburn received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for “for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase” She summarized their status as a health prognosticator thusly:
“Telomere shortness is associated with just about all the major diseases of aging… from cardiovascular disease, death from cardiovascular disease, risks of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, diabetes risks such as insulin resistance, vascular dementia, to osteoarthritis…The list goes on and on and the correlation is always in the same direction: shorter telomere length is associated with more disease. The association is absolutely solid now because it has been found in so many cohorts that it cannot be a statistical accident.” 7
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