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Shortened telomeres have been implicated in aging and disease.
Telomerase not the full picture.
ATM kinase needed to lengthen telomeres. Also involved in DNA repair.
The study was published in the Cell Reports journal.
Telomeres naturally shorten each time DNA is copied in preparation for cell division
13-Nov-2015
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Carol Greider
Professor of Molecular Biology & Genetics at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Cell Reports
Journal publishing research papers across a broad range of disciplines within the life sciences
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