Magazine018 Question 3

Distractors

Telomere length and telomerase activity both increase with chronological age

Telomere length decreases and telomerase activity increases with chronological age

Telomere length increases and telomerase activity decreases with chronological age

Key

Telomere length and telomerase activity both decrease with chronological age

Question

As explained by author Christy Cael in her column “Chronic Stress, Cellular Function, and Longevity,” when looking at a cell’s biological age, researchers found that: