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.
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Checking your telomere length is a bit like weighing yourself: you get this single number which depends on a lot of factors. Telomere length gives a sense of your underlying health.
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I was using very unconventional methods to sequence the telemetric DNA, originally.
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Being senior enough in the field, having enough solidity, I don't feel afraid of being marginalized.
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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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In 2004, results from a study that I worked on with colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, linked chronic stress to shortening of telomeres.
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