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Radio 4,4 mins

How to slow down the ageing process

Woman's Hour

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Nobel Prize winner, Dr Elizabeth Blackburn has discovered telomeres – the 'shoelaces' or protective caps at the ends of our chromosomes. She explains to Jane how telomeres can help slow down the ageing process.

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