The science of cells that never get old

Title:
The science of cells that never get old
Speaker:
Elizabeth Blackburn
Description:

What makes our bodies age ... our skin wrinkle, our hair turn white, our immune systems weaken? Biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shares a Nobel Prize for her work finding out the answer, with the discovery of telomerase: an enzyme that replenishes the caps at the end of chromosomes, which break down when cells divide. Learn more about Blackburn's groundbreaking research -- including how we might have more control over aging than we think.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
18:46
Format: HTML5
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