Sentences with phrase «compared telomere»

They compared the telomere lengths in their white bloods cells at that time and then five years later.

Using genome data from more than 50,000 cancer cases and 60,000 controls through the GAME - ON (Genetic Associations and Mechanisms in Oncology) network, the team compared telomere lengths with the risk of developing breast, lung, colorectal, ovarian and prostate cancers, including subtypes.

Studies comparing the telomere length of white blood cells among groups of volunteers show distinct correlations between telomere length and lifestyle.

Studies comparing telomere lengths in individuals against the population as a whole suggest that shorter telomeres are linked with ill health and a shorter life.

Stress: A 2004 study comparing the telomeres of a group of age - matched mothers with healthy children versus mothers who cared for children with a chronic illness (high chronic stress group) showed shorter, unhealthier telomeres in the mothers caring for the sick children.

Not exact matches

The team found that telomere length was especially affected in larger males, compared with females or smaller males.

Blackburn and UCSF psychologist Elissa Epel's work found that the most stressed - out women had shorter telomeres that translated into an extra decade or so of aging compared with their matched controls — showing that external stressors can throw a monkey wrench into the cell's molecular mechanics.

Of all the cancers, pancreatic had the largest increase in incidence related to longer telomeres, with participants in the highest one - fifth for telomere length at nearly 2.6 times the odds of developing pancreatic cancer, compared to those in the lowest one - fifth for telomere length.

By comparing mouse and cow embryos made either by normal fertilization, in vitro fertilization, or cloning, they discovered that developing embryos can fix short telomeres.

One Nobel Prize - winning scientist who studies telomeres has compared them to aglets — the plastic or metal sheath covering ends of shoelaces.

The study discovered sedentary individuals had the shortest telomeres, with 140 base pairs of DNA fewer at the end of telomeres compared to highly active individuals.

The study found telomeres with an advantage of 9 years in biological aging in those individuals who had high levels of physical activity compared to individuals who are sedentary, and a 7 - year advantage in comparison to moderately active individuals.

When a group of the participants was tested at five years, their telomeres had increased in length compared to a control group who had shortened during that time period.

The study found that individuals who have high levels of physical activity consistently have substantially longer telomeres compared to individuals who are sedentary, and even moderately active individuals.

Telomeres are often compared to the caps on the ends of shoelaces that keep them from fraying.

Telomeres are sometimes compared to the plastic ends on shoelaces that prevent them from fraying, only instead of protecting laces they protect our DNA.