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Research Update: The Shaklee Telomere Research Landmark Study II
Shaklee is on the cutting edge of research - always!
Shaklee is collaborating with Nobel Laureate, Elizabeth Blackburn of the University of California, San Francisco, who was named the Nobel Prize winner in medicine for discovering how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
For the full Story http://nobel.ucsf.edu/nobel/2009/blackburn/
In the Shaklee Telomere Research Landmark Study II, this study on DNA and longevity will include 107 Shaklee participants who have been taking Shaklee (Vitalizer, Vivix and Cinch) for approximately five years, as well as a group of non-supplement users.
Preliminary results of the study are very impressive.
If you are like me, I wondered what the heck are telomeres? Telomeres are biomarkers of aging, below is what I found on the internet:
ARE TELOMERES THE KEY TO AGING AND CANCER?
Inside the center or nucleus of a cell, our genes are located on twisted, double-stranded molecules of DNA called chromosomes. At the ends of the chromosomes are stretches of DNA called telomeres, which protect our genetic data, make it possible for cells to divide, and hold some secrets to how we age and get cancer.
Telomeres have been compared with the plastic tips on shoelaces because they prevent chromosome ends from fraying and sticking to each other, which would scramble an organism's genetic information to cause cancer, other diseases, or death.
For the full story http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/traits/telomeres/
Shaklee is collaborating with Nobel Laureate, Elizabeth Blackburn of the University of California, San Francisco, who was named the Nobel Prize winner in medicine for discovering how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
For the full Story http://nobel.ucsf.edu/nobel/2009/blackburn/
In the Shaklee Telomere Research Landmark Study II, this study on DNA and longevity will include 107 Shaklee participants who have been taking Shaklee (Vitalizer, Vivix and Cinch) for approximately five years, as well as a group of non-supplement users.
Preliminary results of the study are very impressive.
If you are like me, I wondered what the heck are telomeres? Telomeres are biomarkers of aging, below is what I found on the internet:
ARE TELOMERES THE KEY TO AGING AND CANCER?
Inside the center or nucleus of a cell, our genes are located on twisted, double-stranded molecules of DNA called chromosomes. At the ends of the chromosomes are stretches of DNA called telomeres, which protect our genetic data, make it possible for cells to divide, and hold some secrets to how we age and get cancer.
Telomeres have been compared with the plastic tips on shoelaces because they prevent chromosome ends from fraying and sticking to each other, which would scramble an organism's genetic information to cause cancer, other diseases, or death.
For the full story http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/traits/telomeres/
