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Statins and Human Aging- Big Pharma Jumps on Board?

A recent study out of Italy links statin drugs to increased telomerase activity and slower shortening of telomeres. If you read my blogs you know this is not the first time such an association has been found.  Back in March of this year I reviewed another article predicting we would see more of this. And …

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New advances in the detection of real aging

Telomere length seems to correlate nicely with the appearance and dysfunction of aging.  Most diseases associated with aging so far are also correlated with short telomeres.  This includes heart disease, cancer (in spite of the huge over expression of telomerase in many, if not all cancers) arthritis, and various forms of dementia. In most cases, …

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