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Telomere Length and Structure Dataset (PDF Extracted)

This dataset contains structured tables extracted from two peer-reviewed publications focused on telomere sequencing, length measurement, and structure—key biomarkers in aging and age-related disease.

Dataset Description

The dataset is compiled from:

  1. s41467-024-49007-4.pdf (Nature Communications)
  2. eScholarship UC item 0t23r589.pdf

Extracted tables cover:

  • Telomere length metrics
  • Nanopore sequencing measurements
  • Biological age associations
  • Sample-level telomere profiles

The final dataset is saved in the file: telomere_datasets_combined.parquet

Usage Instructions

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_parquet("telomere_datasets_combined.parquet")
print(df.head())

Use Cases

  • Train biological aging clocks using telomere length features
  • Identify age-related trends in telomere attrition
  • Benchmark telomere shortening in disease vs. healthy cohorts
  • Integrate into multi-omics aging models

Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite the original studies:

Acknowledgments

This dataset was curated and processed by Iris Lee. Tables were extracted using pdfplumber and converted to .parquet using pandas. ### 🧑‍💻 Team: MultiModalMillenials. Iris Lee (@iris8090)

We acknowledge the original authors for the data published in open-access journals.