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dannzter t1_izybdyh wrote

Yes, in going to need an ELI15 in this one. Same as ELI5 without the baby talk.

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moistiest_dangles t1_izz29x9 wrote

Yeah so basically when DNA makes a copy it's transcribed into rna which is called a transcript. This paper shows evidence that something is impacting transcript length on a global scale over time which may be a trigger to aging.

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dannzter t1_j03ybto wrote

So making the transcript lose information?

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