Posted on 19 September 2013 by Pete
Romano et al. have this week shown the varying effects of environmental stressors on the length of telomeres in yeast, which is a mechanism closely interwoven with disease and ageing in humans. See the full paper (free) at http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pgen.1003721 —————————————————— Telomeres protect the chromosome ends from degradation and play crucial roles in cellular aging and
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