Is telomere shortening reversible? A clue from NASA's Twins mission.

Is telomere shortening reversible?

  • Rahul Vishvkarma CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
Keywords: Telomere shortening, Twin study, Telomere Dynamics

Abstract

There have been a number of human space programs conducted in order to study the environmental effects on human body. NASA’s recent twin study reveals a plethora of such changes in a long space mission. This study has provided an important clue about reversing of the telomere shortening. Such studies can provide us a better understanding of the effects of environment and space on human health.

Author Biography

Rahul Vishvkarma, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
 

Rahul   Vishvkarma  is   an   early   stage   researcher   in   the Division of Endocrinology,   CSIR-Central   Drug   Research   Institute,   Lucknow. His research interests include thermal regulation of spermatogenesis and micro RNAs in genomic imprinting.

 

Published
2019-05-12
How to Cite
Vishvkarma, R. (2019). Is telomere shortening reversible? A clue from NASA’s Twins mission. Polymorphism, 2, 118-121. Retrieved from http://www.peerpublishers.com/index.php/snp/article/view/22
Issue
Vol 2 (2019)
Section
Articles

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