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Reply to comment by Mokebe890 in Aging is associated with a systemic length-associated transcriptome imbalance -- short genes are associated with aging. The results are found in different organisms and cell types, and the length association responds to anti-aging interventions. by David_Ojcius

An interesting discovery has been that telomerase activation has been shown to decrease cancers early in life. Once cancer begins, that is when telomerase is dangerous. But, many cancers begin because of the damage originating from short telomeres. However, the results of studies can vary, and while it seems like we may have researched such things to death, we need to keep studying it to know more.

  1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23468462/
  2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15746160/
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