Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 119, No. 39 (September 27, 2022), pp. 1-3 (3 pages) A substantial number of human cancers are telomerase-negative ...
Cutting-edge science is unlocking the anti-aging secrets of telomeres—tiny segments of DNA that may reveal breakthrough insights into staying healthy and living longer. (Check out our full report on ...
Some cells that do not produce telomerase are still able to maintain telomere length. Roger Reddel, [5] of the Children's Medical Research Institute in Sydney, Australia, is investigating this ...
Telomers represent the region that constitutes the end of chromosomes and is protected by telomere-binding proteins. These proteins protect telomeres from being recognized as DNA double-strand breaks.