Sentences with phrase «while telomerase»

While the telomerase enzyme normally helps with replenishing it, the presence of the stress chemical cortisol can hinder this process.

While telomerase production decreases almost entirely in healthy adult cells, it increases in cancerous cells.

Not exact matches

By measuring telomerase activity, investigators determined that the group that smoked without drinking red wine showed a 56 % decrease in telomerase activity while the drinking group showed only a 20 % decrease.

While increased telomerase activity could bring youth to aging cells and cure premature aging - like diseases, too much of a good thing can be damaging for the individual.

Blocking the enzyme causes the cancerous cells to die, so the company is working with a telomerase inhibitor, imetelstat, that it hopes will kill tumor cells while leaving healthy ones unharmed.

It was concluded, therefore, that there is no telomerase activity in central HCECs while some activity may be present in the peripheral region and decided activity is found in the peripheral region.

Using this assay, her group has identified a protein complex that inhibits telomere shortening while it promotes telomerase action.

While most chemotherapy drugs kill all rapidly dividing cells in the body, causing serious side effects which limit their use, a drug that inhibits telomerase would only affect those cells that are immortal and malignant.

This is because the enzyme telomerase extends one strand of the cancer cell's DNA while other proteins help extend the second strand.

Some of the observed effects could be due to the relaxation response in both groups (e.g., improved depression), while the effects on cognitive and mental functioning and telomerase activity were specific to the Kirtan Kriya.»

While the article presented an intriguing pilot study, nothing in it even suggested that vegetarianism was responsible for the increased telomerase activity.