Sentences with phrase «telomerase plays»
The new research, which studied the immortalization process using genome - engineered cells in culture and also tracked skin cells as they progressed from a mole into a malignant melanoma, suggests that telomerase plays a more complex role in cancer.
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«Two - step process leads to cell immortalization and cancer: Clearer view of the role telomere length and telomerase play in cell immortalization.»
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Although de Lange notes that telomere shortening needs further investigation, she says there's now no doubt that telomeres play a critical role in limiting human cell division and that telomerase can reactivate the process.
«That makes fooling with telomerase look like child's play.»
Telomerase is an enzyme responsible for the production of telomeres, which play an important role in the regulation of normal cell division.
Telomerase is believed to play a role in the normal development of progenitor cells.
Dr. Blackburn won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2009 for discovering the molecular nature of telomeres and for co-discovering the enzyme telomerase; both telomeres and telomerase are thought to play central roles in aging and diseases such as cancer.