DNA cap length tied to diabetes

Telomeres (in pink) shorten with age, much like the caps that protect shoelaces. Shortened telomeres may predispose people to age-related diabetes. (Credit: Mary Armanios)

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Short telomeres—the end caps on repetitive sequences of DNA—may be a precursor of age-related diabetes, affecting as many as one in four adults older than 60.

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