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This enzyme, called telomerase, slows the rate at which telomeres degrade, and research indicates that healthy people with longer telomeres have less risk of developing the common illnesses of aging - like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, which are three big killers today.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Aging Big Cancer Common Degrade Developing Diabetes Disease Healthy Heart Heart Disease Illnesses Less Like Longer People Rate Research Risk Three Today Which

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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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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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I'm not praying for God to save me from cancer. I'm not. God will enlighten me when the time comes. And if I've done the right thing, I will be enlightened. And if I believe, I'll be saved. And that's all he promises me.

~Elizabeth Edwards

Topics: Believe Cancer Done Enlighten Enlightened God He Me Praying Promises Right Right Thing Save Saved The Right Thing Thing Time Will I Believe

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Cancer is not a straight line. It's up and down.

~Elizabeth Edwards

Topics: Cancer Down Line Straight Straight Line Up Up And Down

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I think that it is our intention to deny cancer any control over us.

~Elizabeth Edwards

Topics: Any Cancer Control Deny Intention Our Over Think Us I Think

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In a sense, having cancer takes you by the shoulders and shakes you.

~Elizabeth Edwards

Topics: Cancer Having Sense Shakes Shoulders Takes You

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We need to stop trying to restrict access to lifesaving cancer screenings, birth control, and well-woman exams.

~Elizabeth Esty

Topics: Access Birth Birth Control Cancer Control Exams Need Restrict Stop Trying

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