This is a photograph of subunits of telomerase. Credit: UCLA department of chemistry and biochemistry
Research could lead to new strategies for treating disease. The telomerase enzyme is known to play a significant role in aging and most cancers. Scientists have discovered several major new insights about this enzyme and they are now able to see the complex enzyme’s sub-units in much sharper resolution than ever before.
Telomerase is particularly active in cancer cells, which helps make them immortal and enables cancer to grow and spread. Scientists believe that controlling the length of telomeres in cancer cells could be a way to prevent them from multiplying.
Feigon and her colleagues have been filling in pieces of the telomerase puzzle, using Tetrahymena...
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