October 31, 2012
1. Eating Junk Food We are all guilty of indulging in comfort food now and again, but what happens when those sugary snacks start to replace all the other essential nutrients we are supposed to eat on a daily basis? If your diet consists of junk, junk and more junk, it might be time to [...]
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August 5, 2012
Telomeres are essential caps that occupy each end of a chromosome. They are made of nonessential bits of DNA. Since cell division results in the loss of a bit of DNA during each replication, these caps shorten every time the cell divides. This prevents essential DNA from being deleted. Eventually, the telomere will be too [...]
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