| Blood cell telomere length can help predict and diagnose vascular diseasePatients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) had decreased telomere content in their vascular tissues, relative to tissues from subjects free of aortic disease, supporting the link between dysfunctional telomeres and dysfunctional vasculature. A new study demonstrates that the telomeres in their peripheral blood cells reflect this telomere shortening -- which means that the diagnosis can be made with a blood test rather than an aortic biopsy. |
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