Short blood leucocyte telomere lengths have been shown to be a risk factor for the development of different subtypes of fibrotic interstitial lung disease, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF ...

Telomere disorders have implications for the wider family and careful exploration of family history and referral for genetic counselling is essential for both the young person and their relatives. A ...

image image During aging, telomere dysfunction accumulates and activates a DNA damage response, leading to increase of ACE2, the human SARS‐CoV‐2 receptor. This mechanism may explain the higher ...

We describe a novel synthetic small molecule which shows an unprecedented stabilization of the human telomeric G-quadruplex with high selectivity relative to double-stranded DNA. We report that this ...

MONDAY, June 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Supplementation with vitamin D3 is associated with reduced telomere attrition in adults aged 50 years and older, according to a study published online May 21 ...

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MONDAY, June 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Supplementation with vitamin D3 is associated with reduced telomere attrition in adults aged 50 years and older, according to a study published online May ...

A study found that vitamin D supplementation helps to minimize the shortening of telomeres, which happens as people get older, and thus may protect against diseases tied to age and biological aging.

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Rare qualifying variants (as a proxy for variants that could have a functional impact on the protein product) in telomere-related genes were associated with poor clinical outcomes among patients with ...

Telomere length is usually maintained by a ribonucleoprotein called telomerase, which adds new DNA ends to chromosomes. This enzyme consists of a strand of RNA, called hTR (or hTerc), and a ...