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I've only actively promoted what we always hope is good science.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Actively Always Good Hope Only Promoted Science

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Telomeres are the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes in cells. Chromosomes carry the genetic information. Telomeres are buffers. They are like the tips of shoelaces. If you lose the tips, the ends start fraying.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Caps Carry Cells Ends Genetic Information Like Lose Protective Start Tips You

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In my lab, we're finding that psychological stress actually ages cells, which can be seen when you measure the wearing down of the tips of the chromosomes, those telomeres.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Actually Ages Cells Down Finding Lab Measure Psychological Seen Stress Those Tips Wearing Which You

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Researchers have found that the brain definitely sends nerves directly to organs of the immune system and not just to the heart and the lower gut. In that way, too, the brain is influencing the body.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Body Brain Definitely Directly Found Gut Heart Immune Influencing Just Lower Nerves Organs Researchers Sends System Too Way

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In the 1970s, I did a Ph.D. with Fred Sanger in Cambridge who was in the process of inventing ways to map what's inside DNA. He later won the Nobel Prize.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Cambridge Did Fred He Inside Inventing Later Map Nobel Nobel Prize Prize Process Ways Who Won Dna 1970S

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Medicine has been successful by treating diseases in a very specific way once the damage is done. But telomere length integrates a lot of factors together and gives you an overall picture of risk for what is now emerging as a lot of diseases that tend to occur together, such as diabetes and heart disease.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Been Damage Diabetes Disease Diseases Done Emerging Factors Gives Heart Heart Disease Length Lot Medicine Now Occur Once Overall Picture Risk Specific Successful Tend Together Treating Very Way You

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The conservative statement is that telomere length is a biomarker, but it's probably not passive. There are some very intimate relationships between things such as molecular markers for inflammation and telomere health.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

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I decided I wanted to go to Cambridge, and then I got introduced to Fred Sanger. I was very conscientious, and I asked him when I first got there if I should start reading up on things. But he said, 'No, I think you can just start these experiments,' so I plunged right in.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Asked Cambridge Conscientious Decided Experiments First Fred Go Got He Him Introduced Just Reading Right Said Should Start Then Things Think Up Very Wanted You I Think

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At Cambridge, there was a completely unintimidating culture, and there were no class divisions among the students.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Among Cambridge Class Culture Divisions Students Were

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Exercise mitigates the effects of stress - and stress, we know, shortens telomeres. In fact, early studies indicate that stress reduction techniques like meditation help people maintain the length of their telomeres.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Early Effects Exercise Fact Help Help People In Fact Indicate Know Length Like Maintain Meditation People Reduction Stress Studies Techniques

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Scientist

Born: November 26th, 1948

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