这一结论来自伦敦大学国王学院的研究员，他们研究了一种叫做端粒的微小构造。

These are caps on the ends of chromosomes that protect the DNA in them from damage, much like caps on shoelaces prevent fraying. Thought of as tiny biological clocks, telomeres get shorter as we age and eventually become so short that cells die.

这是染色体末端的帽子，保护内部的DNA不受破坏，就像鞋带头上的绳花让鞋带不散毛。端粒被认为是微小的生物钟，它会随着人变老而越来越短，达到最短之时细胞也就死亡了。

Previous studies have found men and women with long telomeres tend to be biologically younger than those of the same age but with shorter ones. All in all, telomeres are considered so important that the scientists who discovered them seven years ago were awarded a Nobel Prize for medicine.

之前已研究发现，端粒长的男人和女人一般比端粒短的同龄人生理上更为年轻。一言以蔽之，端粒十分重要，七年前发现端粒的科学家还因此获得了诺贝尔医学奖。

The King’s College study measured the telomeres in the white blood cells of more than 1,200 twins, a quarter of whom had suffered from acne.

国王学院的研究测量了1200多对双胞胎白血球内的端粒长度，其中受粉刺困扰的人占四分之一。

Telomeres were significantly longer in those who had a spotty adolescence, even when factors such as age were taken into account.

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