Telomeres are the tips of chromosomes (DNA), and they get shorter as we get older and cells divide. Telomerase is the enzyme that repairs these tips and has such potential to repair age or disease-related damage. Discovery of telomerase earned three biochemical researchers the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Elizabeth Blackburn, below, was one of the Nobel winners.
The reason this video is posted is first of all because I think it is exciting and "far out" technology that will cure cancer. Second, if certain cells are destroyed, it may well be an indication that the telomeres are too short in certain tissues. So a complementary treatment could be telomerase.
The reason this video is posted is first of all because I think it is exciting and "far out" technology that will cure cancer. Second, if certain cells are destroyed, it may well be an indication that the telomeres are too short in certain tissues. So a complementary treatment could be telomerase.
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