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Colds and Chromosomes – how telomere length affects cold symptoms

Have you ever heard someone tell you, “I am sick all winter”, or “I am always sick”? Barring allergies, this could actually be a symptom of short telomeres and a weak immune system.  Can one exist without the other? Well, the immune system is a complex interaction between all kinds of cells that “present” pathogens

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Telomeres and Drugs and Big Pharma

Heart disease has one of the longest standing associations with short telomeres. Recently a similar association was established for strokes (thrombotic ((clot) and hemorrhagic (bleeding)). The limitations of these studies in terms of direct correlation are that they are not using modern technology to determine the shortest telomere lengths or percentage.  They are still using

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Is Aging Unstoppable – Baby steps come first!

Arguments continue among the best and brightest scientists concerning the question: Is aging unstoppable. If you think about it, that question has already been answered in a functional way. There are several mammalian cell lines that have been made “immortal” simply by turning on telomerase and expressing it at a higher level than normal.  Most

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Food for life – Broccoli and Telomeres

Many herbal and plant-derived compounds show anti-cancer activity.  Sadly, until someone figures out how to make the big drug pay day by changing them just enough to patent them, no one listens.  This is especially true of doctors who forget that 90% of drugs come from “refinement” of natural sources and the other 10% that

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