So we had discovered something unheard of: the more chronic stress you are under, the shorter your telomeres, meaning the more likely you were to fall victim to an early disease span and perhaps untimely death.
Tínhamos descoberto algo inédito: quanto mais "stress" crónico sofremos, mais curtos são os nossos telómeros, o que significa um aumento da probabilidade de ser vítima de doença precoce e talvez morte prematura.