User:Caston/BlogEntry: 2010 November 21 13:05:52 UTC

Moles and longevity
I just found an article on news.com.au about moles and how they are associated with stronger bones and thus a reduced risk of osteopenia and white blood cells with extra long "telomeres".

http://www.news.com.au/world/people-with-moles-less-prone-to-ageing/story-e6frfkyi-1225957960817

The article was a little bit light on the details but I soon found another article with more information:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1331715/Could-moles-hold-secret-keeping-ageing-bay.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

From there I was able to dig up the source journal article and fortunately it was publicly available for download:

http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/16/7/1499.full?sid=413abc75-883e-4d26-87b9-a74adc815ad6

I personally have a lot of moles and even (perhaps now unfortunately) had some removed when I was a teenager.

Here is a pic of one of my moles.