
Have you ever noticed that some people seem to age more slowly than others? They look younger, they have more energy, and they manage to deal with fewer diseases — from the flu to cancer — than the rest of their age group. Those people have something in common, experts say: They have healthier telomeres.
Telomeres are part of your DNA, and their influence on the aging process is the subject of a new book by Noble Prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD and her colleague and co-author