Increased telomerase activity and comprehensive lifestyle changes: a pilot study.

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Published in Lancet Oncol on September 15, 2008

Authors

Dean Ornish1, Jue Lin, Jennifer Daubenmier, Gerdi Weidner, Elissa Epel, Colleen Kemp, Mark Jesus M Magbanua, Ruth Marlin, Loren Yglecias, Peter R Carroll, Elizabeth H Blackburn

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Nutrition and Lifestyle Changes in Patients With Previously Untreated Stage I or Stage II Prostate Cancer | NCT00739791

Can Lifestyle Changes Reverse Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease | NCT04606420

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