<From my position telomere length looks a lot a measure of aging rather than a cause> Sure, so they need to just keep in mind that the goal is not to lengthen

<From my position telomere length looks a lot a measure of aging rather than a cause> Sure, so they need to just keep in mind that the goal is not to lengthen (or protect) telomeres for their own sake. But telomeres could at least help serve as a metric or proxy for therapies that do slow or arrest aging overall. Meanwhile, Metformin is crazy cheap.