Tag Archives: telomeres

Longer telomeres means longer life but also reduced cancer risk?

Posted on April 3, 2011 by rndsync

Evidence has indicated that there’s an inherited factor that helps determine telomere length and that short telomere length is a risk factor for cancer. No one had every connected the two, until now. Jian Gu, Ph.D., assistant professor in MD … Continue reading →

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Telomerase inhibitor PINX1 is a key tumor suppressor

Posted on March 23, 2011 by rndsync

Telomeres are ends of choromosomes. For cell division to start and complete ends of chromosomes are essential. Without these, cell can’t divide any more. Each cell can divide a finite number of times before it’s done. It acts like a … Continue reading →

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Old and sick but still young at heart? Cardiac stem cells obtained from people with heart problems still found to be young and healthy to be useful

Posted on November 21, 2010 by rndsync

Cardiac stem cells — even in elderly and sick patients — could generate new heart muscle and vessel tissue and be used to treat heart failure, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2010. Scientists surgically … Continue reading →

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