One of the indicators of a cell's health is the state of its DNA and containers - the chromosomes - so when these fuse together or suffer anomalies, they can become the source of illnesses like cancer and/or ageing processes...
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The combination of shortened telomeres, a biological marker of aging associated with cancer development, and elevated depression significantly impacted bladder cancer mortality, according to data presented at the 11th Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention...
The American Journal of Pathology published the first report of the presence of alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) that can be used as a diagnostic indicator and could be significant for developing anti-cancer therapies for cancers in the bladder, cervix, endometrium, esophagus...