(Feb.6, '15) New research finds new link between these biological clocks
and lung disease
BYU biologist Jonathan Alder has a startling secret he
doesn’t freely share: he knows when most of us are going to die.
OK, he doesn’t know exactly the day or time, but he has a
pretty good idea, thanks to his research on tiny biological clocks attached to
our chromosomes. These DNA end caps, called telomeres, are the great predictors
of life expectancy: the shorter your telomeres, the shorter your lifespan.