In any case, telomere loss is just one of the numerous insults cells sustain when they divide, says Judith Campisi of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

• 美国劳伦斯柏克莱国家实验室的坎皮西指出，不管怎麽说，端粒的缺少只是细胞分裂时承受的多重伤害之一。