#telomere

The FDA's Flawed Lab Mice

Whoever is set to crack the code is set to make millions... but it's not spicy at all. Ever since I have stumbled across the story of longevity and aging about 10 years ago. My first foray into experimenting

Annually, many people die of cancer across the world. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In 2016, an estimated 1,685,210 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States

This is the story of end parts of our chromosomes that could be influenced our life. I hope that by defining a series of scientific phenomena about telomere crosstalk with everyday life, I can take a step

Recently, I’ve become completely obsessed with the idea of living forever - of becoming the master of my own fate, prolonging if not avoiding the inevitable. Perhaps it’s because of my unpalatable outlook

Imagine a shoe lace - they have a protective cap that keeps your shoe laces from fraying. This is similar to the telomere protecting your DNA from deteriorating, which is what happens naturally as we age.