The link between the macroscopic structure of telomeres
and cellular health is an unanswered question in cellular
research. An obstacle is the fact that conducting
microscopic research on telomeres is challenging due to
their small size limiting observations to the diffraction
limit of light on standard optical microscopes. The novel
techniques of super-resolution allow us to successfully
image and accurately describe the macroscopic structure
of telomeres. This takes steps towards uncovering more
about the nature of telomeres and DNA.