A new AI tool analyzes biopsy images to estimate telomere length, a key marker of aging. It detects structural patterns in ...

A new computational tool infers changes occurring at the ends of the chromosomes housing our DNA. It does so by detecting ...

Researchers at Cardiff University have uncovered how a particularly severe form of DNA damage arises—shedding new light on ...

On the flipside, if telomeres are too long, it can also spell trouble because cancer cells require long telomeres to become longer lived, ‘immortal,’” says Mia Levine, associate professor of biology ...

Studies have reported that telomeres consisting of repeated DNA sequences (TTAGGG) play an essential role in protecting the human chromosome ends from fusions and degradation. Replication of cells ...

It’s long been thought that our cells stop dividing as we age as a natural preventative measure against cancer. Now a new study has found an intriguing piece of evidence supporting this hypothesis in ...

When it comes to selling snake oil, nobody does it quite like the anti-aging industry. But it does get one thing right. Telomeres, the tiny end caps on our chromosomes, seem to protect against ...

A study published in Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology reveals a surprising link between cellular aging markers and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm an American writer working in fiction and nonfiction. By 1990, scientists knew that telomeres are repetitive DNA sequences ...

A new study answers the question of whether or not blood cell telomere length is a suitable proxy for telomere length in other tissues by examining over 20 human tissue types, finding variations and ...