Sentences with phrase «decrease telomerase»

In fact, some scientists propose decreasing telomerase production as a means of fighting cancer.

They found shorter telomeres and decreased telomerase in spouses who were caring for mates with dementia and in mothers of children with chronic diseases.

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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.

UCLA researchers have found that a Chinese herbal regimen called TSY - 1 (Tianshengyuan - 1) increased telomerase activity in normal blood cells but decreased it in cancer cells.

When donor peripheral tissues were mixed with the tissues of a positive control (Hela cells) the HeLa cell telomerase activity decreased (Figure 2D).

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

One of the most comprehensive reviews on the effects of mindfulness meditation on immune parameters was recently conducted across 20 randomized clinical trials.23 Three of these studies found decreased NF - KB and no strong evidence for changes in interleukin inflammatory markers (interleukin - 6) or TNF - α, but some evidence for a decrease in CRP and increases in telomerase.

Conclusion «The data suggest that increases in perceived control and decreases in negative affectivity contributed to an increase in telomerase activity, with implications for telomere length and immune cell longevity», the researchers conclude cautiously.

Healthy cells saw their telomerase rise and p16 decrease, which would explain the boost in healthy cell growth, the researchers explained.