An incidental finding during a brain plasticity study: substantial telomere length shortening after COVID-19 lockdown in the older population.

Geroscience · 2025 · PMC12181490 · PMID 40100529

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There was a large and highly significant drop in telomere length from time point T1 to T2 (mid of 2020) in both groups.

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