【英语文章】“长痘痘”的人更年轻

【英语文章】“长痘痘”的人更年轻
For while they may feel greasy and unattractive at the moment, by middle age they will be the envy of their peers.
 
British research shows that acne sufferers’ cells have built-in protection against ageing that is likely to keep them looking younger than their years.
 
So while their former classmates bemoan3 the appearance of crow’s feet and other wrinkles and crinkles, their skin is more likely to maintain a youthful lustre.
 
The suggestion comes from King’s College London researchers who studied tiny structures called telomeres.
 
These are caps on the ends of chromosomes that protect the DNA in them from damage, much like caps on shoelaces prevent fraying. Thought of as tiny biological clocks, telomeres get shorter as we age and eventually become so short that cells die.
 
Previous studies have found men and women with long telomeres tend to be biologically younger than those of the same age but with shorter ones. All in all, telomeres are considered so important that the scientists who discovered them seven years ago were awarded a Nobel Prize for medicine.


译文：
因为他们现在可能会感到油腻和缺乏吸引力，到了中年，他们将成为同龄人的羡慕。
 
英国研究表明，痤疮患者的细胞具有内在的抗衰老保护作用，可能使他们看起来比他们的年龄更年轻。
 
因此，虽然他们的前同学哀叹乌鸦的脚和其他皱纹和皱纹的外观，他们的皮肤更有可能保持年轻的光泽。
 
这个建议来自伦敦国王学院的研究人员，他们研究了一种叫做端粒的微小结构。
 
这些是染色体末端的帽子，可以保护它们中的DNA免受损坏，就像鞋带上的帽子可以防止磨损一样。考虑到微小的生物钟，端粒随着年龄的增长而变短，最终变得如此短暂以至于细胞死亡。
 
以前的研究发现，端粒较长的男性和女性在生物学上比同龄的男性和女性更为年轻。总而言之，端粒被认为是如此重要，七年前发现它们的科学家被授予诺贝尔医学奖。

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