18. January 2026

Growing old, yet staying young: The role of telomeres in bats’ exceptional longevity. Fra science.org

 

 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aao0926

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  • NICOLE M. FOLEY
  • GRAHAM M. HUGHES
  • ZIXIA HUANG
  • MICHAEL CLARKE
  • DAVID JEBB
  • CONOR V. WHELAN
  • ERIC J. PETIT
  • FRÉDÉRIC TOUZALIN
  • OLIVIER FARCY
  • GARETH JONES
  • […]
  • EMMA C. TEELING
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SCIENCE ADVANCESVOL. 4, NO. 2OPEN ACCESS

Understanding aging is a grand challenge in biology. Exceptionally long-lived animals have mechanisms that underpin extreme longevity. Telomeres are protective nucleotide repeats on chromosome tips that shorten with cell division, potentially limiting …