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The protective caps at the ends of chromosomes naturally shorten over time. Researchers found that direct damage can prematurely trigger senescence and contribute to age-related diseases like cancer.
The negative health effects of Y chromosome loss could be one potential reason women tend to live longer than men.
Preventing age-related disease could give us five more years of healthy life in older age.
A research lab at Tufts University is trying to find out how the vitamin may protect against age-related disease.
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Professor of Biogerontology, University of Brighton
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Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh
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Scientist I, Vitamin K Research Team at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Tufts University
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Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor of Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, University of Nottingham
