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http://www.ibiology.org/ibioseminars/genetics-gene-regulation/elizabeth-blackburn-part-2.html Telomerase, a specialized ribonucleprotein reverse transcriptase, is important for long-term eukaryotic cell proliferation and genomic stability, because it r...
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Sandy Chang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Pathology, gives a lecture entitled, The Long and Short of It: Telomeres in Aging and Cancer, during the Yale Claude D. Pepper Symposium Aging Research at Yale: Past, Present and F...
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BIR plays a role in telomere maintenance in the absence of telomerase activity.
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Replication of a telomere and it's associated proteins.
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With each round of DNA replication, our telomeres become shorter and shorter. So, how do we stop this ever increasing shortening of our DNA? The answer is Telomerase; which is also thought to be a key player in determining lifespan.
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Telomeres are an essential part of human cells that affect how our cells age. Telomeres are the caps at the end of each strand of DNA that protect our chromosomes, like the plastic tips at the end of shoelaces. Without the coating, shoelaces become fra...
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What are telomeres and how do they influence aging? HSPH scientist William Mair explains the latest research in this clip from Living Longer and Healthier Lives: The Science Behind Healthy Aging, presented by The Forum at Harvard School of Public Healt...
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Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider, and Jack Szostak will share the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on telomeres and telomerase. Dr. Bruce Stillman, President of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and a former colleague of Carol G...
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http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2013/09/108886/lifestyle-changes-may-lengthen-telomeres-measure-cell-aging New study shows for the first time that lifestyle changes -- changes in diet, exercise, stress management and social support -- can result in longer tel...