Abstract
Did you know that your daily choices, including how much you exercise, what you eat, and even how you think, can change the basic units that are present in your cells? In this article, I will tell you about telomeres, which are the protective tips of DNA molecules—the molecules where the organism’s genes are stored. I will also introduce you to an enzyme that we discovered, called telomerase, which is responsible for the addition and maintenance of telomeres. After diving into the molecular details of telomeres and telomerase, I will reveal to you some very interesting connections between telomeres and human health. I hope, by the end of this article, you will be amazed by the way in which psychological, environmental, and societal factors can influence the fundamentals of our biology.
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