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Recent studies from University of British Columbia add new data to obstetrics

Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 3rd, 2009

"Previous studies have suggested an association between rates of biological and reproductive aging. Short telomere length is a marker for cellular aging and may occur more frequently in women with poor oocyte quality and a history of premature reproductive senescence," scientists in Vancouver, Canada report.

"Telomere length, however, has been both positively and negatively associated with different measures of reproductive aging in a number of studies. In the present study, the investigators tested the hypothesis that women with a history of premature reproductive aging have a shorter average telomere length than women without such a history. Telomere length in...

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