Nobel Prize -- Congratulations to those who discovered telomerase!

Took long enough to get there, but the Nobel Prize was bound to happen.

Telomerase has major implications for healthy aging, diseases, and cancer.  This blog will continue to profile interesting developments with respect to telomeres and telomerase.

For now, remember that lowering perceived stress and taking an adequate vitamin D supplement are two ways to protect telomeres.

An article on older women, stress, and telomere loss.

More education=lower stress, and likely longer telomeres as well.  (You are buying more than knowledge when you go to college!)