+1: #335 Meet Your Telomeres

<div><span class= "author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z"> Elizabeth Blackburn won a Nobel Prize for her research on telomerase</span> <span class= "author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z h-mdash"> —</span> <span class= "author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z"> the enzyme that nourishes our telomeres. She wrote a book called</span> <span class= "thread-773071384440859107213421 attrcomment attrcommentfirst thread-773071384440859107213421-first author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z"> <em>The Telomere Effect</em></span> <span class= " author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z"> with another world-class researcher named Elissa Epel in which they tell us just how powerful our telomeres are.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span class= " author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z"> Today, we’re going to meet our</span> <span class= "thread-464305406737600900458017 author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z"> telomeres</span><span class= " author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z">.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span class= " author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz86zz79z"> But first, a quick pronunciation lesson: I always thought</span> <span class= " author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90za3u8m0aj80z71zavz88zz65zcz69zz72zz77zyvpz86zz83zn2cz66zz88zz8