People with a form of heart disease called cardiomyopathy have abnormally short telomeres in heart muscle cells responsible for contraction, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Human chromosomes (grey) capped by telomeres (white). Credit: PD-NASA; PD-USGOV-NASA A telomere is a DNA sequence that serves as a protective cap on the ends...
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New insight into how telomeres protect cells from premature senescence
Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have further uncovered the secrets of telomeres, the caps that protect the ends of our chromosomes. They discovered that an RNA molecule called TERRA helps to ensure that very short (or broken) telomeres get fixed again. The work, which was recently...
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Nobel Prize Winner Claims to Have Found the Key to Slowing Aging
IN BRIEF Science is making strides in trying to truly understand aging and any real ways in which we can slow its march or perhaps even stop it altogether. One scientist says that the key to slowing down aging is in lengthening the ends of your DNA, telomeres, by certain behavioral changes. THE QUEST TO...
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