Re: Would you like your telomeres tested? | BMJ

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It seems that there is not a consensus in the research community on the benefit

of this testing at this time.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/05/telomere-testing/

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> A company that is based in the United States, Life Length, is offering

telomere testing and services from its laboratory in Spain, with the aim of

making it easy for physicians and their patients to take our biomarker test,

says its press release.1 It adds, Telomeres are best predictors of biological

age and excellent general health indicators, highly related to the emergence of

age-related diseases.

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> http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e681

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> Driscoll

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