The science of cells that never get old | Elizabeth Blackburn
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- What makes our bodies age ... our skin wrinkle, our hair turn white, our immune systems weaken? Biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shares a Nobel Prize for her work finding out the answer, with the discovery of telomerase: an enzyme that replenishes the caps at the end of chromosomes, which break down when cells divide. Learn more about Blackburn's groundbreaking research -- including how we might have more control over aging than we think.
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After watching this informative video, couples can now include a new argument to stop discussions:
" _enough! you are shrinking my telomeres! "
😂😂😂😂 this is awesome
Funny Salvador Hirth !
Hahaha 😭😂
damm right lollll
GREAT comment!!!
Her book - The Telomere Effect - genuinely changed my life & how I live it - I would highly highly recommend giving it a read.
Hey! Thank you...... I just downloaded this book after reading your comment...... So excited to read...... 😊😇☺
Is it a short or a long one ?
@@aaliya9652 just 354 pages
I am Reading and, Loving it. #DeanOrnish also recommend similar LSMs.
Any one can provide pdf link
About 22 years ago I wrote a paper in school about telomeres. I still remember how they caught my attention back then. It's just incredible to see how people such as yourself decide to devote their lives to this topic. Respectfully, you seem to be a very joyful and positive person by nature so I hope that means your telomeres still allow you to conduct many more years of research. Thank you very much Elizabeth for this incredibly informative and inspiring talk!
hey! i was curious if you still have that paper and if it would be a problem to send it to me? I'm doing a school project and need all the materials and research i can get. Thank you regardless :)
@@jw1312bsgo to Google scholar, and other actually published sites. Not CZcams
The number one cause of dis-ease is chronic, untreated (often unacknowledged) stress. It concerns me that so few doctors address this.
Im in tears for me and my kid. We both have gone through continuous battles and stressfull challenges in life since last 2 decades. I pray god for recovery.
The most intense and valuable lecture on TeD. i have heard..
every single one of my patients over the age of 90 have had noticeably positive attitudes despite various hardships. They are such a joy. I can only assume they have beautiful telomeres :-)
I’m glad we are back to the classic Ted talks. I find it fascinating that science continually seems to confirm that stress is a leading cause of disease and the power of meditation Is reaffirmed again and again as a powerful tool against stress. I had a doctor that read thousands of scientific journals and he told me that stress is the root of many diseases. She did a great job. She is brilliant. I am so grateful to the amazing women and men of the science community that are working so hard to improve the leangth and quality of human life.
It's good but it's not a cure for aging.
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@@korpen3770 So far...
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in both men and women world wide in developing countries, dare I say stress is probably a major driving factor, more so than cholesterol, blood pressure, or waist circumference.
Also sugar and dietary Advanced Glycation End products (AGE), being overweight, not exercising enough and not sleeping good enough is what age's you rapidly and makes you prone to developing chronic disease.
the speaker spoke in such an honest and authentic manner worth appreciating. love her for this and her research! will definitely go meditate now
I'm forty five and studying gcse biology. The more I learn the more incredible our world becomes. The more I learn the more I can understand what people like Elizabeth are devoting their lives to understanding. Thanks Ted Talks.
Elizabeth Blackburn. What a credit to scientific research she is. Also fascinating to listen to. I have been working on my telomeres for over ten years now and will be 70 in two years. I feel like someone in her 40s. Thank you again, EB. You are such an inspiration.
While I have followed her work for some years, this is the first time I have seen her speak. She is such a charming person. Thank you.
The way she describes and talks about this topic just grabs your attention and makes you think of more questions, I love it
The message is loud and clear - the body follows the mind. We have known this for a long time now and the brilliant research Elizabeth and scientists like her are doing reaffirm of how important our mental state is. In today's world, we give little importance to mental health. Look at our education systems for example; how much education were we given on how to handle our emotions and stressful situations. And as Elizabeth pointed out, the effects in the length of telomere are even visible in children, so that means we have to have some sort of curriculum wherein children are taught on how to get hold of their emotions. Mental health is something that can be taught. I hope we make progress in this direction.
No we have not. Just assuming it has, this proves it, their is a profound difference, absolutely brilliant research indeed
An absolutely lovely, wonderful, compassionate, intelligent woman!
A wonderful science talk that engages from start to end with an incredible message!
Dr. Blackburn first came to my attention in a documentary titled Stress: Portrait of a Killer, which mainly focused on Robert Sapolsky's work, but included a segment on Dr. Blackburn and exactly the study with Eliza Eppel that she mentions here. For those interested in finding the full effects of stress on our lives and health, I heartily (no pun intended) recommend that video as well.
Not only a sweet and funny woman, but super smart, curious and wise! I'd love to sit and hear all she has to say about the wonderful biology
One of the most engaging TED talks I've heard
Couple of days ago my daughter mentioned about Elizabeth Blackburn school and yesterday while I was reading ‘The Future of Humanity’ I came across her name and work. Curious I search her as I like to reshare about her with my kid and I am here. Wonderful Human and Scientist.
I have had profound long term stress. Taken care of a mother for several years as she had dementia, then had a severely disabled son! On top of that, rather than support and kindness, I received rudeness and shunning and judgement. I have been aging rapidly for several years. So, I really appreciate your research.
There are support groups. Check state and national foundations, i.e. son's specific disability for caregivers. I wish you inner peace and continued strength.
Know that you are doing something noble and these two people love and care for you more than anyone else. Take the advice of Elizabeth. See it as a challenge that you know you are capable of handling. My mom was a care taker like you, probably had more stress than was needed but she was loved beyond anyone else.
Now with the Nobel prize proven: From the mind, the attitude towards distressing situations into the cells ... wow what an amazing scientist lady gives us her insights on how to enhance our youth "inside". Thank you, great share!
I just love this talk, the speaker, the curiosity! Thank you very much!
Thank you for educating me on a very important subject. God bless you
What a remarkable woman. The good heart and bright shes been blessed with is a gift to the world.
Incredible talk and powerful message !
One of the best talk I‘ve ever watched. Wow
Amazing talk. Thank you for revealing fascinating facts.
I am sooo not surprised. In my own life, my abuser lived til a ripe old age. Yet almost all of his victims strangely died rather young. I always felt that that was vastly cruel and unfair. Now I know why. Wow, thank you Dr Elizabeth Banks.
This is one of the best Ted talk I have ever seen. Wonderful
What a great talk, I find it wonderful how people arent actually wasting their time, at least not all of us.
Is that negativity Mam?
yeah i felt stupid
Amazing how science finds evidence from things and places we would never consider. Excellent talk :)
Go read Blackburn’s book, “The Telomere Effect!” Great read! 👌🏻
Chemical, physical and emotional stress. All effect gene expression. Take for example nutrients. We know that new cells require essential nutrients, building blocks. Amino acids, EFA's, minerals. If we don't get these we produce defective cells. Eliminate chemical, physical and emotional stressers. Eat a good healthy diet, get exercise, look after the mind and always continue learning.
Great talk.
Dear Elizabeth, thank YOU.
I had heard some of this info before, but how she put it all together brought home another profound example of how we humans are all connected. All life is connected. Blown away. Thanks for sharing this video.
If there ever was a video for a nerdgasm... I'm literally so happy watching this. I love science :)
This was one of the most intriguing presentations I have ever seen…. Bravo Ms. Elizabeth Blackburn!
Wonderful and fascinating talk from a lovely lady! Excellent!
uplifting and informative and blessing for the few with open hearts and willing minds
I really am speechless. First of all, thanks to this wonderful scientist and her team for discovering such an important thing. ❤️
And again, I loved how she discovered the effects of stress on a person's telomeres by surveying the caregiving mothers, proving how stressed they actually are and how much care these women need for themselves. Respect !❤️
That was the most beautiful ted talk I've ever watched and i watched a lot
One of the best talks ever
I still remember going to a lecture in the 9th grade about 25years ago at Purdue University where a good portion of the lecture was about telomeres, aging & cancer. Super interesting then, still interesting now.
Hearing about for the first time now 2020
Great talk,thanks for posting
This is so cool. She makes it seem so simple!
I can't believe how much her talk was interesting... I'm still amazed
I want to learn more, I can't get enought!
Thank you very much. Excellent speech. Great learning. Thanks to TEDx for organising
It's a great and inspiring talk! Thank you! ♥
Fascinating field of study. I like TED talks focused on science and research.
This is gold, thank you professor, you change lives and make the better :)
This lecture is so timely, social responsibility to yourself and others
This was an extremely interesting talk.
very!!!
impressive research . Thank you
that was incredibly good! ty for the video :)
What an engaging talk! I can understand why one would obsess over this topic, given the potential.
Thanks toTed Talks and to this great Scientist.
I love this talk so much!
Truly fascinating!
Really informative and an interesting talk.
Tq so much for your efforts and love from India 😇
Beautiful! Thank you!
Thank you for your great information.
What a fascinating lecture! 😁👏🏾
Brilliant.. she is so good.
I got interested in it because I learned it in life science class at school. Human aging progresses as parts of telomeres shorten, and if we add telomerase, which prevents it, we think we can live for a long time like whale sharks, which are known to live long. However, in order to do so, we need to prevent the increase in cancer incidence, which is a disadvantage of telomerase, and we hope to find out how much telomerase is appropriate for our body to increase cancer incidence and to get the health and youth everyone wants.
Fascinating
What an amazing talk
New aim of life - To protect others’ and my telomeres! Loved this TED talk.
so being happy and making others happy, feeling safe, positive attitude, taking things as a challenge and not a threat...all these things will collectively enhance your life span.
Funny... I was at a sort of small house party and nondual reading in San Francisco... and I was not sure how I got on the topic.. but I had a conversation with a woman about genes and telemeres etc... I was sharing about what I had learned and thought I was enlightening her to it... when she said, by the way... I wrote a book on it... well... this is her! haha And she won a nobel prize for her discovery of telemeres. Who knew? 🙂 And here she is...I coincidently just now came across this
Wow, that’s crazy! So cool!
This lady is awesome.
great work! respect!
I learned about Elizabeth Blackburn a few years back, I'll never forget her-she is an inspiration!
Probably the best thing I have ever seen.
So wonderful !
Incredible talk 😃.
This woman is that absolute genius teacher you had in hs or college that always made jokes that weren't funny but she chuckled anyway like she didn't practice it in the mirror a half dozen times that morning.
I hurt myself with this comment :(
Great talk!
this is amazing
Excellent explanation , being as a researcher i got more information about telomeres, Thanks a lot Madam
This was excellent.
Very interesting talk
What a truly bright beautiful person!
You were very fortunate.
The Lady of Science 😍
Just Amazing!
A good introduction to telomeres, the next step being the downstream effect of mitochondrial metabolic dysfunction on telomerase and geem cell quality, and the next step after that being how transgenerational ontological conditions underpin mitochondrial functionality.
Thank You..
to paraphrase... don't worry, be happy
but if you paraphrase, you wouldn't know why you shouldn't worry. its the telomeres.
What about centella asiatica? Tsoukalas et al found that it activates telomerase, and most of the studies I've seen have been about using it as an anti-cancer therapy.
Now we just have to defeat cancer and we'll be immortal. Until then, don't get stressed and meditate.
Maurício Gerhardt and you'll live longer young but will have more chances of cancer (longer lifespan and more replications therefore more mutations).
Haha, I always then to think that cancer is just the next step in human evolution to push us towards immortality.
yes
Even if people didnt die of old age, theyd still die of other causes, Murder, war, accidents, not to mention this wouldt really be being spread in any 3rd world countries. And if humans could live longer we may see more scietific advances faster and head to new planets sooner as a hard part of the trip currently is the time taken to get there, which wouldnt be much of a factor if you could live forever.
@Mike C OMG YES. This movie impacted my perception on life and in general changed the way I think and live each and everyday. Everything about the elites you said I agree and it was the key point of the movie itself too. They tried to keep numbers balanced and only those in power and rich made it forever. I think this movie is a bit overlooked and underrated cause it had a deeper darker and greater message than what people actually understood from it.
작은 힌트도 놓치지 않는 태도가 결국 대단한 발견을 찾아내게 되었네요. 정말 존경합니다.
I wonder if Dr. Blackburn did a study on which diet is best to improve Telomeres.?
Vegan diet
epa, epa, epa
I love this!
Fascinating
One of the best Ted Talks on CZcams!
Just reconfirmed that humans are social beings who get Disturbed by stress and perform better in a group and recover by social support system and tackle difficulties with a challenging attitude and strive to excel for sake of others.
Thankyou
Mind blowing
Brilliant💕
Good and relevant video.
Fantastic!