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Do Laboratory Mice Have Long Telomeres?
The length of these telomeres is an important variable to consider. Many laboratories had established that mice had ultra long telomeres. The result was that mice have very long telomere, but they do not have very long lives. And so ironically, if you give one of these ultra-long telomere lab mice a toxin, it may actually increase its lifespan because it functions as a kind of chemotherapy.