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“I chose biochemistry as my major and graduated after 4 years with an Honours degree in Biochemistry. During that time, I had come to love biochemistry research, although I was just getting my feet wet in laboratory research.” quote by Elizabeth Blackburn — Download Open image

“I chose biochemistry as my major and graduated after 4 years with an Honours degree in Biochemistry. During that time, I had come to love biochemistry research, although I was just getting my feet wet in laboratory research.”

Elizabeth Blackburn

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If a test showed you had telomere shortening, it would be a red flag suggesting you should take a look at possible risk factors.

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I was using very unconventional methods to sequence the telemetric DNA, originally.

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