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Telomere & Preventive Medicine

Could preventive medicine be as simple as a blood test? Some diseases can be overlooked when it comes to preventive…

2 years ago

Telomere testing 101: what is behind this door?

Telomeres?? Telomere length?? What in the world! These are the typical reactions among the ones that come across the word…

2 years ago

Video: Techniques to measure telomere length

Accurately measuring telomere length is important for the diagnosis of telomere biology disorders, for research into how telomeres affect health…

2 years ago

Research update: telomeres and COVID-19

Since the COVID-19 global pandemic was declared by World Health Organization in March 2020 there has been a large amount…

3 years ago

2020 RepeatDx telomere testing satisfaction survey results

The results are in from our annual customer telomere testing satisfaction survey, here we take a look... Hearing from our…

3 years ago

Why do we need telomeres?

Over the past 30 years we have learned a lot about telomeres, including what they are and where they are…

4 years ago

15 Facts about RepeatDx to Celebrate our 15th Anniversary

RepeatDx was established in British Columbia, Canada in May 2005. Fifteen years on, as we celebrate our anniversary, we wanted…

4 years ago

What is a telomere biology disorder (or telomeropathy)?

There are multiple different terms for telomere biology disorders, here we explain what they are and what conditions they can…

4 years ago

Can you measure telomeres; and why would you want to?

Telomere biology research is a growing and advancing field, but still people ask ‘can you actually measure telomere length?’ Here…

4 years ago

Research Update: Flow FISH vs MM-qPCR telomere testing

Here we discuss the key findings and conclusions from a recently published study ‘Comparison of flow FISH and MM-qPCR telomere…

4 years ago