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Telomeres, the protective end-caps on our chromosomes, and telomerase, the enzyme which helps to build up those end-caps, are important to prevent chromosomal damage and degradation and have been proposed as a marker of “biological aging.”  Studies have related shorter telomeres to higher risk of some age-related chronic diseases and higher mortality in general, and since their discovery there has been a flurry of research to understand their function and what factors contribute to their activit…