Telomeres are the protective caps at the ends of…

In my lab, we're finding that psychological stress actually ages cells, which can be seen when you measure the wearing down of the tips…

— Elizabeth Blackburn

In 2004, results from a study that I worked on with colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, linked chronic stress to shortening…

— Elizabeth Blackburn

For me, arguably the story of telomeres and telomerase began thousands of years ago, in the cornfields of the Maya highlands of Central America.

— Elizabeth Blackburn

Exercise mitigates the effects of stress - and stress, we know, shortens telomeres. In fact, early studies indicate that stress reduction techniques like meditation…

— Elizabeth Blackburn

In humans, the thing is that as we mature, our telomeres slowly wear down. So the question has always been: 'Did that matter?' Well,…

— Elizabeth Blackburn

Cancer cells have had so many other things go wrong with them, genetic, non-genetic changes, that those cells, one of the things they then…

— Elizabeth Blackburn

Basically, when you look at different types of cells, such as fibroblasts, which form connective tissue, or epithelial cells, from saliva, you see general…

— Elizabeth Blackburn

“People who exercise more and sleep better have longer telomeres.”

— Stefan Klein

Telomeres are the ends of our chromosomes that control how long we live. As telomeres become shorter, then cells age and die more quickly.…

— Dean Ornish

Chronic emotional stress shortens your telomeres.

— Dean Ornish

Ageing is so many different things, and cells being able to self-renew is part of the picture but not all of it.

— Elizabeth Blackburn

All of your brain cells rotting from weed, feeling like if you ain’t got it life’s not as complete.

— Hopsin

The weird thing was that Soft Cell was supposed to have come and gone before I started the album.

— Marc Almond

Windmills and solar cells are carbon-free sources of electricity. But they are costly. If you've been investing in those, give it up. That game…

— Kenneth Fisher

Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends…

— Jay Leno