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Study shows that telomeres shorten most rapidly during early childhood
Telomeres are protective caps on DNA that shorten as we grow older. Now, one of the first studies to examine telomere length (TL) in childhood finds that the initial setting of TL during prenatal development and in the first years of life may determine one s TL throughout childhood and potentially even into adulthood or older age.
The study also finds that TL decreases most rapidly from birth to age 3, followed by a period of maintenance into the pre-puberty period, although it was sometimes seen to lengthen.
The study, which followed children from birth to age 9, was led by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children s Environmental Health at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Results appear in the journal
Early Childhood Predicts Telomere Length by Karishma Abhishek on May 25, 2021 at 11:17 PM
Initial setting of Telomere length (TL) during prenatal development and in the first years of life may determine one s TL throughout childhood and potentially even into adulthood or older age. This TL is also found to decrease most rapidly from birth to age 3, followed by a period of maintenance into the pre-puberty period (although sometimes it might lengthen) as per a study at the Columbia Center for Children s Environmental Health at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology. Telomeres are protective caps on the tip of the genetic material - DNA that tend to shorten as we grow older. The study team followed children from birth to age 9 to evaluate the telomere length.
One of the first studies to examine telomere length (TL) in childhood finds that the initial setting of TL during prenatal development and in the first years of life may determine one s TL throughout childhood and potentially even into adulthood or older age. The study also finds that TL decreases most rapidly from birth to age 3, followed by a period of maintenance into the pre-puberty period, although it was sometimes seen to lengthen.