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Large Scientific Collaborations Aim to Complete Human Genome
Thirty years out from the start of the Human Genome Project, researchers have finally finished sequencing the full 3 billion bases of a person’s genetic code. But even a complete reference genome has its shortcomings.
Large Scientific Collaborations Aim to Complete Human Genome
Large Scientific Collaborations Aim to Complete Human Genome

Thirty years out from the start of the Human Genome Project, researchers have finally finished sequencing the full 3 billion bases of a person’s genetic code. But even a complete reference genome has its shortcomings.

Thirty years out from the start of the Human Genome Project, researchers have finally finished sequencing the full 3 billion bases of a person’s genetic code. But even a complete reference genome has its shortcomings.

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Climate Change Prematurely Ages Lizards Before They’re Born
Amanda Heidt | Aug 9, 2022 | 2 min read
Lizards born to parents that experienced persistent heat had shortened telomeres, a genetic weathering that typically happens with age but can also be exacerbated by stress.
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Opinion: Biomarkers of Longevity Not Ready for the Clinic
John D. Loike and Ruth L. Fischbach | Sep 27, 2019 | 4 min read
The science isn’t there yet, nor are the known interventions that ought to be combined with delivering such predictions.
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Image of the Day: Sticky Telomeres
Chia-Yi Hou | May 16, 2019 | 1 min read
Telomeres in cancer cells exposed to oxidative stress got shorter and stickier.
Opinion: Consumer DNA Testing Is Crossing into Unethical Territories
John D. Loike | Aug 16, 2018 | 4 min read
Data don’t support many direct-to-consumer products, from telomere assessments to bespoke diets based on genetic sequences.
Study: Telomeres Don’t Shorten with Age in Longest-Lived Bats
Diana Kwon | Feb 7, 2018 | 1 min read
Researchers find that while bats in the Myotis genus don’t produce telomerase, the enzyme that lengthens telomeres, they possess 21 telomere maintenance–related genes.
Early-Life Stress Affects Telomeres Later
Anna Azvolinsky | Oct 3, 2016 | 3 min read
An accumulation of stressful events in childhood is associated with shorter telomeres as a person ages, researchers report. 
Exercise Boosts Telomere Transcription
Anna Azvolinsky | Jul 27, 2016 | 3 min read
Endurance exercise and metabolism are linked to transcriptional activation of human telomeres, researchers propose.
Another Telomere-Regulating Enzyme Found
Jef Akst | Nov 12, 2015 | 2 min read
Researchers identify a novel protein that helps maintain the length of chromosome-capping telomeres. 
Telomeres Show Signs of Early-Life Stress
Rina Shaikh-Lesko | Apr 7, 2014 | 3 min read
Reduction in telomere length is associated with stress early on in life and may have a genetic component, researchers find.
Anti-aging Pill Challenged
Hayley Dunning | Jul 31, 2012 | 2 min read
Former biotech executive files lawsuit accusing the company of engaging in deceptive business practices.
With All Due Consideration
Mary Beth Aberlin | May 1, 2012 | 3 min read
Scientists and their many hats
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