We're involved in a very large study that's federally funded and being done with Kaiser Permanente, and saliva is a very non-invasive way to get cells from the body.

Ageing is so many different things, and cells being able to self-renew is part of the picture but not all of it.

It's time for these people to have accountability for what is being done.

For me, as an actress, being a dancer has helped me. I've done it with my feet bloody.

Medicine has been successful by treating diseases in a very specific way once the damage is done. But telomere length integrates a lot of factors together and gives you an overall picture of risk for what is now emerging as a lot of diseases that tend to occur together, such as diabetes and heart disease.

High school dropout rates nationally - Not enough is being done on this issue.