(PHILADELPHIA) – Inappropriate activation of a single enzyme, telomerase, is associated with the uncontrollable proliferation of cells seen in as many as 90 percent of all of human cancers. Since the ...

Over-activation of telomerase in 90 percent of malignant tumors has made the unusual enzyme a prime target for drug development efforts Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have determined the structure of a ...

Like a genetic handyman, an elusive enzyme deep inside certain cells repairs the tips of chromosomes, which fray as cells divide. It’s prized by rapidly dividing cells – like stem cells and tumor ...

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Researchers have the molecular structure of telomerase. This should speed up the discovery of the best activators and inhibitors of telomerase. Good activators of telomerase has been shown to boost ...

The enzyme telomerase, which restores chromosome ends shortened by cell division, was discovered over three decades ago, but no view of the human enzyme at atomic resolution, approximately 3 Å, has ...

Kelly Nguyen is the 2022 winner of the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators. She is a Group Leader at the MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK. She spoke to Adam Levy about ...

Researchers discovered a "missing link" within plants between humans and simple pond scum that could provide insight into how some organisms live for thousands of years, according to a study published ...

A study by Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) researchers reveals a new group of proteins that guide the powerful enzyme telomerase, opening potential doors to novel treatments for cancer, ...

A structural model of the telomerase enzyme shows how the binding domain (purple) tethers one end of the RNA component of the enzyme. (Image credit: Jansson et al., ) Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have ...