Sentences with phrase «telomerase against the cancer cells»

So we did this jujitsu where you turn the power of telomerase against the cancer cells, and they committed suicide.

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This widespread lack of the need for telomerase is used by evolution as a key component of our defense against cancer, because having a limit to the size and renewal of telomeres prevents our cells from replicating themselves indefinitely — the crucial hallmark of cancer.