This is very interesting and just shows you how much research has been done by scientists and medical practitioners around the world. We are living in exciting times.
As normal cells divide, the ends of their chromosomes (telomeres) progressively shorten until eventually the cells reach senescence or undergo apoptosis. Cancers, which disproportionally kill more individuals in the 65 years or above age group, often o...
http://www.ibiology.org/ibioseminars/genetics-gene-regulation/elizabeth-blackburn-part-3.html Telomerase, a specialized ribonucleprotein reverse transcriptase, is important for long-term eukaryotic cell proliferation and genomic stability, because it r...