No one ever said, 'Be a doctor.' But because so many members of my extended family - aunts, uncles - were doctors, there was this expectation that I'd probably be a physician. — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share Image
Perhaps arising from a fascination with animals, biology seemed the most interesting of sciences to me as a child. — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Generally, we try to have a situation where the person is healthy, so you're not confounded by disease. So, that means that healthy individuals… — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share
Researchers have found that the brain definitely sends nerves directly to organs of the immune system and not just to the heart and the… — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share
Checking your telomere length is a bit like weighing yourself: you get this single number which depends on a lot of factors. Telomere length… — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share
“Remember, as Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Don’t be too timid or squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you… — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share
If a test showed you had telomere shortening, it would be a red flag suggesting you should take a look at possible risk factors. — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share
Telomeres are the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes in cells. Chromosomes carry the genetic information. Telomeres are buffers. They are like the… — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share
I was using very unconventional methods to sequence the telemetric DNA, originally. — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share
One characteristic aspect of ageing is the increased susceptibility to disease, particularly age-related diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer. — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share
I'm pretty good about getting some exercise every day - well, most days. The secret for me was to put the elliptical in front… — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share
Observational studies show that exercise, nutritional supplements and reducing psychological stress can help. Chronic high stress and smoking can lead to accelerated telomere shortening. — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share
This enzyme, called telomerase, slows the rate at which telomeres degrade, and research indicates that healthy people with longer telomeres have less risk of… — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share
Biology sometimes reveals its fundamental principles through what may seem at first to be arcane and bizarre. — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share
In my early work, our molecular views of telomeres were first focused on the DNA. — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share
