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The goal is to learn more about telomere length and other markers of ageing, how best to measure these markers, how they are related to health and lifestyle, and how people respond to learning their own telomere length results.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: About Ageing Best Goal Health How Learn Learning Length Lifestyle Measure More Other Own People Related Respond Results

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In humans, the thing is that as we mature, our telomeres slowly wear down. So the question has always been: 'Did that matter?' Well, more and more, it seems like it matters.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Always Been Did Down Humans Like Matter Matters Mature More More And More Our Question Seems Slowly Thing Wear Well

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Cancer cells have had so many other things go wrong with them, genetic, non-genetic changes, that those cells, one of the things they then get selected for is that they have lots of telomerase because now the telomeres in those cells get maintained.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Because Cancer Cells Changes Genetic Get Go Had Lots Maintained Many Now One Of The Things Other Selected Them Then Things Those Wrong

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One characteristic aspect of ageing is the increased susceptibility to disease, particularly age-related diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Ageing Aspect Cancer Cardiovascular Characteristic Disease Diseases Increased Particularly

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Cancer cells have a lot of other things that are really wrong with them, and we should never forget that these are cells that have become deaf to all the signals that the body sends out, such as you can multiply a certain amount, you can be in a certain place in the body, where to stay, where to move, and so on.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Amount Become Body Cancer Cells Certain Deaf Forget Lot Move Multiply Never Never Forget Other Out Place Really Sends Should Signals Stay Them Things Where Wrong You

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When you bring telomerase RNA levels down by using a mechanism that targets the RNA for destruction, the cells which were running on very high telomerase levels are now running on a lean diet of telomerase.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Bring Cells Destruction Diet Down High Lean Levels Mechanism Now Running Targets Using Very Were Which You

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The most dangerous cancer cells are actually the ones that are more like stem cells, which have this ability to produce themselves over and over again. More and more cancer biologists say stem-cell-like cells in cancers are the most dangerous.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Ability Actually Again Biologists Cancer Cells Dangerous Like More More And More Most Over Produce Say Stem Stem Cells Themselves Which

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Scientist

Born: November 26th, 1948

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