Michio Kaku Quote
Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn is more optimistic and says, Every sign, including genetics, says there's some causality [between telomeres] and the nasty things that happen with aging. She notes that there is a direct link between the shortened telomeres and certain diseases. For example, if you have shortened telomeres- if your telomeres are in the bottom third of the population in terms of length-then your risk of cardiovascular disease is 40 percent greater. Telomere shortening, she concludes, seems to underlie the risks for the diseases that kill you...heart disease, diabetes, cancer, even Alzheimer's.
Michio Kaku
Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn is more optimistic and says, Every sign, including genetics, says there's some causality [between telomeres] and the nasty things that happen with aging. She notes that there is a direct link between the shortened telomeres and certain diseases. For example, if you have shortened telomeres- if your telomeres are in the bottom third of the population in terms of length-then your risk of cardiovascular disease is 40 percent greater. Telomere shortening, she concludes, seems to underlie the risks for the diseases that kill you...heart disease, diabetes, cancer, even Alzheimer's.