It would seem that social rank has it’s privileges. This study of hyenas showed that the most dominant members had the longest telomeres. Perhaps telomere length is a measure of fitness or perhaps the higher rank confers less stress. But probably it’s a little of both.
Alpha dogs enjoy longer telomeres Read More »
Thankfully, telomere shortening causes them to mutate and mutation triggers self-destruction. What we want is to preserve the critical stem cells.
Chromosomal damage is inevitable and desirable; it’s the repair that causes problems Read More »
“To our knowledge, this study is the first that focused on the analysis of rTL [relative telomere length] in a variety of human tissues.”
Telomere research is more dubious than you can imagine Read More »
Here is an article linking shorter telomeres in the hippocampal region with Alzheimer’s.
Shorter telomeres associated with Alzheimer’s Disease Read More »
This week, some crazy kids got a Publishers’ Clearing House-sized reality check after attempting a “liberal” flag ban; it came in the form of a veto, a media storm, and a deafening silence of support.
UCI students ban the American flag? Not in my backyard, bucko! Read More »
If you are interested in understanding what does cause cancer, watch the first 15 minutes of this PODCAST 12: “Telomerase Doesn’t Cause Cancer”. I believe that telomerase is a retained feature of stemness and that cancer arises usually in stem cells, not telomerase-inactive differentiated cells.
Telomerase doesn’t cause cancer Read More »
