The most dangerous cancer cells are actually the ones that are more like stem cells, which have this ability to produce themselves… — Elizabeth Blackburn Ability Copy Share Image
Exercise mitigates the effects of stress - and stress, we know, shortens telomeres. In fact, early studies indicate that stress reduction techniques… — Elizabeth Blackburn Early Copy Share Image
Tracing the beginnings of the interwoven stories of science can be arbitrary, as beginnings are so often lost in the mists of… — Elizabeth Blackburn Beginnings Copy Share Image
Generally, we try to have a situation where the person is healthy, so you're not confounded by disease. So, that means that… — Elizabeth Blackburn Blood Copy Share Image
If we think of our chromosomes - they carry our genetic material - as being like shoelaces, I work on the plastic… — Elizabeth Blackburn Being Copy Share Image
For me, arguably the story of telomeres and telomerase began thousands of years ago, in the cornfields of the Maya highlands of… — Elizabeth Blackburn America Copy Share Image
In my lab, we're finding that psychological stress actually ages cells, which can be seen when you measure the wearing down of… — Elizabeth Blackburn Finding Copy Share Image
The goal is to learn more about telomere length and other markers of ageing, how best to measure these markers, how they… — Elizabeth Blackburn Best Copy Share Image
Medicine has been successful by treating diseases in a very specific way once the damage is done. But telomere length integrates a… — Elizabeth Blackburn Damage is done Copy Share Image
