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Dentistry Academia

David Crowe

Academic Title: Professor

Administrative Title: Interim Associate Dean

Name: David Crowe

 

Department: Department of Oral Biology

Department Website: http://dentistry.uic.edu/depts/oralb/welcome.htm

Institution: University of Illinois, Chicago

 

Address: 801 South Paulina Street
Chicago, Illinois 60612-7211

 

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Expertise: The ends of our chromosomes (telomeres) shorten each time our cells divide. Therefore as we age our telomeres become shorter, normally leading our cells to stop dividing. Our telomere length is set early during development, but cellular stresses such as tobacco use and sun exposure can shorten telomeres. Short telomeres have been associated with a variety of age related diseases including cancer

 

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