Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stress

telomeres · PNAS, 101(49), 17312–17315 · 2004

Epel et al. (2004) proved that feeling perpetually stressed can literally shave a decade off your life at a cellular level, fraying your chromosomes like old shoelaces.

Authors

Epel, E. S., Blackburn, E. H., Lin, J., et al.

Research lens

Epel et al. (2004) proved that feeling perpetually stressed can literally shave a decade off your life at a cellular level, fraying your chromosomes like old shoelaces.

  • telomeres
  • longevity
  • allostatic-load