The effects of meditation on length of telomeres in healthy individuals: a systematic review.
Systematic Reviews May 21, 2021 Nirodhi N Dasanayaka, Nirmala D. Sirisena, Nilakshi Samaranayake
Background: Meditation-based practices have been suggested to result in many biological benefits which include reduction of attrition of telomeres, the protective nucleotide-protein complexes at termini of eukaryotic chromosomes. This systematic review evaluated the effects of meditation on telomere length (TL) in healthy adults. Methods: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational...
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Meditation
Humans
Health status
Adult
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