Medical research
Researchers discover a new way that telomerase acts to keep cancer cells multiplying
Faster cancer treatments may be possible thanks to research from Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI).
Oct 3, 2019
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News tagged with telomerase
Medical research
Enzyme known for promoting cancer found to also protect healthy cells
New research from the University of Maryland and the National Institutes of Health reveals a new role for the enzyme telomerase. Telomerase's only known role in normal tissue was to protect certain cells that divide regularly, ...
Sep 2, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
The evolution of brain tumors
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center found in a recent study that only three different genetic alterations drive the early development of malignant glioblastomas. At least one of these three cancer drivers was ...
Mar 21, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
A deeper understanding of chromosome capping could improve therapies for both cancer and aging
Switching off the enzyme that adds protective caps to chromosome ends could help fight many types of cancer, A*STAR researchers have shown. The team demonstrated the treatment's potential by using it to thwart tumor growth ...
Dec 20, 2018
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Health
Endurance but not resistance training has anti-aging effects
Researchers have discovered evidence that endurance exercise, such as running, swimming, cross-country skiing and cycling, will help you age better than resistance exercise, which involves strength training with weights.
Nov 27, 2018
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Medical research
Cancer treatments may affect cognitive function by accelerating biological aging
Cancer treatments are suspected to accelerate certain aging processes in the body. A new study has found that indicators of such biological aging correlate with declines in cognitive function in women who had undergone breast ...
Nov 26, 2018
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Meditation and music may alter blood markers of cellular aging and Alzheimer's disease
A research team led by Dr. Kim Innes, a professor in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, has found that a simple meditation or music listening program may alter certain biomarkers of cellular aging and Alzheimer's ...
Nov 13, 2018
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Immunology
Biochemists described a new mechanism for autoimmunity suppression
RUDN biochemists suggested a new mechanism by which the human body prevents the development of autoimmune diseases, allergies and implant rejection. They report that regulatory T-cells are able to suppress the reproduction ...
Sep 10, 2018
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Genetics
Gene therapy vectors carrying the telomerase gene do not increase the risk of cancer
Negative results and findings in science are perhaps less newsworthy, but they are no less important. In fact, negative results in a cancer study have demonstrated that a possible new therapeutic pathway against idiopathic ...
Aug 21, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Reducing NOVA1 gene helps prevent tumor growth in most common type of lung cancer
Researchers have identified a gene that when inhibited or reduced, in turn, reduced or prevented human non-small cell lung cancer tumors from growing.
Aug 6, 2018
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