telomere

For many years, there was the idea that telomeres control ageing, that maybe progeria patients just have very short telomeres.

很多年来 人们都觉得是 端粒控制着人类的衰老 或许那些患早衰症的患者只是因为端粒过短

It still comes back to the telomeres.

又回到了端粒的研究上来了

This suggested telomeres were central to ageing.

这提示了端粒对衰老起着关键性作用

Bill believes that the ticking clock is our telomeres.

比尔觉得 这个时钟是端粒

This protective cap on the end of a chromosome is called a telomere.

染色体两端的保护盖叫做端粒

Scientists have found the real cause of progeria, and it's not short telomeres.

科学家们找出了儿童的早衰症的真正原因 并不是由于端粒缩短的引起

Most scientists are now reassessing the role of telomeres in all ageing and not just in progeria.

许多科学家们现在开始重新估量 端粒在早衰症中所起的作用

Scientists believed that children with progeria were born with especially short telomeres.

科学家相信 早衰症儿童的端粒生来就相当短

It's the... only neutroceutical chemical, whatever, that exists today that produces telomeres inside my cells.

这只是保健品而已 这药能使细胞内的端粒增生

Telomereshortening is an absolute problem that we have and every time our cells divide, our telomeres get short.

端粒变短是个无法改变的问题 每次细胞* 我们的端粒变短