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#015 Buffering the Negative Effects of Chronic Stress with Meditation

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Telomere Shortening - What You Need to Know

Once a cell's telomeres have reached a critical critical shortening point and it becomes senescent that senescent cell then starts this vicious cycle of telomere shortening. Cell secretes all these pro-inflammatory cytokines and inflammatory molecules which shorten telomeres of nearby cells thereby advancing their respective cellular ages. In the case of a stem cell this leads to tissue aging because if you have a critically short telomere on a stem cell the stem cell diesyou no longer have the stem cell. It is kind of why as you start to get older it's like like you seem certain as certain point you start to like age exponentially all these things start to compound together anyways I'm

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