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>>gpi+(OP)
This is against any established biological common sense I heard of: telomeres are known to be the mechanics of the DNA.

The enemy of these telomeres is age: damage occurs to them during cell division, hence the part of the DNA which watches after the DNA is no longer to fulfill its duty: and that is an open door to all types of cancer.

In other words, if nothing kills you at old age, cancer will do it.

>>beguer+N6
Telomeres are anti-cancer. Cells can only divide a limited number of times before the telomeres run out. The cost is a loss of vitality (senescence) as the individual cells end up being older since they aren't able to divide and renew.