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Elizabeth Blackburn: The science of cells that never get old
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What makes our bodies age ... our skin wrinkle, our hair turn white, our immune systems weaken? Biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shares a Nobel Prize for her work finding out the answer, with the discovery of telomerase: an enzyme that replenishes the caps at the end of chromosomes, which break down when cells divide. Learn more about Blackburn's groundbreaking research — including how we might have more control over aging than we think.
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TED.com
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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;DNA;aging;biology;biomechanics;discovery;health;innovation;life;nature;science;TED2017;2017
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