Upon entry into our cells, SARS-CoV-2 immediately gets to work replicating itself. The process is nothing short of impressive: A suite of enzymes and proteins work to copy the virus’s genetic material into thousands of more copies, wrapping each in proteins and lipids, and ultimately sending them bursting out of the cell-like confetti from a...
Mutated helicase enzymes shown to work together to disrupt telomere homeostasis and regulation of cell division. All strands of DNA have a non-coding region at the end of the strand known as the telomere. During each replication of the gene, when the cell divides, small nucleotides are lost leading to the gradual shortening of the telomere. In...
