But the connection between telomere length and health and longevity is far from clear .
但是,端粒长度与健康长寿之间的联系还远未清楚。
With that in mind , the researchers started comparing telomere lengths within families .
想到这一点,专家开始比对家庭中的端粒长度。
Not only did counselling stop telomere shrinkage , it actually promoted telomere growth .
电话辅导不仅停止了端粒的缩短,还促进了端粒的生长。
Carol greider and blackburn identified telomerase , the enzyme that makes telomere dna .
卡罗尔葛莱德尔和布莱克本还分离出端粒酶,即合成端粒dna所需要的一种酶。
According to the study an immortal animal would expect cells to be able to maintain telomere length indefinitely so that they could continue to replicate .
根据这项研究,一种永生的动物能指望细胞有能力无限期维持端区长度,这样它们能够不断进行复制。
The telomere , we now know , acts as a sort of molecular clock , allowing a cell to keep track of divisions and hence of its lifespan .
我们现在知道了,染色体终端起的作用就像一只分子化的钟,让一个细胞保持分裂的程序并为其寿命计时。
Dr dan eisenberg and colleagues from the department of anthropology at northwestern university studied telomere inheritance in a group of young people living in the philippines .
美国西北大学人类学系的丹艾森伯格博士与同事研究了居住在菲律宾的一组年轻人的端粒遗传性。
Sure enough , the data indicated that higher levels of circulating vitamin d was associated with longer telomere length .
可以肯定的是,研究数据表明生理循环中更高水平的维生素d和较长的端粒有关。
Telomere lengthening was even greater if the child 's paternal grandfather had also been older when he became a father .
如果孩子的爷爷也是在较年长时做父亲的话,端粒的增长会更显著。
Using dna samples collected at ages 5 and 10 , the investigators measured telomere length using polymerase chain reaction to assess how many times a particular gene copied itself .