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Evolution in health and medicine Sackler colloquium: Genetic variation in human telomerase is associated with telomere length in Ashkenazi centenarians.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 Jan 2010
Atzmon Gil, Cho Miook, Cawthon Richard M, Budagov Temuri, Katz Micol, Yang Xiaoman, Siegel Glenn, Bergman Aviv, Huffman Derek M, Schechter Clyde B, Wright Woodring E, Shay Jerry W, Barzilai Nir, Govindaraju Diddahally R, Suh Yousin
Abstract excerpt
Telomere length in humans is emerging as a biomarker of aging because its shortening is associated with aging-related diseases and early mortality. However, genetic mechanisms responsible for these associations are not known. Here, in a cohort of Ashkenazi Jewish centenarians, their offspring, an...
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