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According to a team of geneticists, the longer a person’s telomeres (the protective ends of chromosomes) the longer they will live — at least, that’s the case among a group of heart disease patients studied.
The announcement was made by Salt Lake City’s Intermountain Heart Institute, at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session.
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