Shorter telomere length linked to catching a cold
Test subjects with shorter immune cell telomeres faced an increased risk of catching a cold. It is the first time the DNA structures had been implicated in acute illnesses in healthy, relatively young people
Telome Health to launch saliva-based TeloTest
Telome Health, Inc., developer of the TeloTest diagnostic test that measures average telomere length, has planned to launch saliva-based TeloTest in the first quarter of 2013.
Study finds link between telomere shortening and heart attack risk
A recent study has once again found a possible link between telomere shortening and an increased risk of disease.
Antioxidant Therapy linked to telomerase production and heart failure treatment
A study conducted by the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Kyushu University’s Medical Institute of Bioregulation in Beppu, Japan has connected oxidative stress and the development of heart failure to telomeres and telomerase activity.
Rapidly aging stem cells respond to antioxidant treatment
The Division of Hematology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that when mutant stem cells which are damaged and aging are treated with the antioxidant N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), it prevents and delays the onset of a type of bone marrow failure called X-linked dyskeratosis congenita (DC).
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