Using epigentics to alter telomere length

Discussion of the 2009 Noble Prize in Medicine, focusing on substances that reduce telomere shortening by activating the human telomerase enzyme

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Using epigentics to alter telomere length

Post Number:#1  Post by ofonorow » Mon Feb 08, 2016 8:12 am

http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/02/07/nar.gkw067.abstract

The above study makes little sense to me. However the authors mention that there may be an extra-gentic (or epigenetic) way to modify telomere length based on environmental factors.

If you watch this short video

Bruce Lipton's 1967 Stem Cell Experiment | CrossroadsFilm.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAjJaYsaIDs&list=PLty-nUj7w26r8GHK9aixOPNFhiWbn7KYR

You learn about Bruce Lipton, and the idea behind epigenetics.
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