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The Long and Short of Telomere Length and Diabetes
13 Dec 2013
Abstract excerpt
Aging is a major risk factor for a number of complex diseases including cancers, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes, yet the biological processes linking aging and disease risk are poorly understood. A potential mediator of age-related increases in disease risk may lie in repetitive sequences of DNA known as telomeres. Telomeres represent the genome’s defense mechanism against the biological conundrum...
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