In humans, this TERC telomere sequence is a repeating string of TTAGGG, between 3 and 20 kilobases in length. There are an additional 100-300 kilobases of telomere-associated repeats between the telomere and the rest of the chromosome.
Analysts at Goldman Sachs estimate that the global beauty industryâconsisting of skin care worth $24 billion; make-up, $18 billion; $38 billion of hair-care products; and $15 billion of perfumesâis growing at up to 7% a year, more than twice the rate of the developed world's GDP.
After the news that a glamour model has gone up 18 bra sizes, there's been an outcry that the 23-year-old Australian Sarah Marie Summer has undergone such severe surgery. Summer went up from an 8A (32A in UK sizes) to an 8M (32M) in four separate operations, giving her the largest breasts in Australia.