Telomere

... I'm really confused. did any one face the same issues that I did? Also, is there a possibility that the DNA in my 3 founders got integrated in the telomere region, so as the mice got older, the foreign DNA got disintegrated. Any suggestions/answers are welcome. Thanks

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... I believe that to meet the definition of cancer cell the cell must have aquired several traits, of which one is the ability to retain their telomere length. Other such traits are e.g. angiogenesis (ability to "force" body to generate blood vessels to supply the tumor) and resistance ...

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yeah, blueblackhusky is right. I saw in the news quite sometimes back where groups of scientists are working on telomere and how to use it to lengthen lives. I guess, with the available info we had for now, telomeres seem to be the key to immortal cells where the cells can replicate ...

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... information from an RNA to a DNA. This is used to fix a problem in the replication process in the cell, namely that of chromosomes having telomeres (the ends that are made of mostly repetitive sequences with no actual value but the protection of the actual genetic information on the chromosome ...

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Hi, This is a very interesting topic. I would like to know how a balanced telomeric fusion takes place? My husband has been diagnosed with a balanced telomeric fusion of chromosome 16 and 22. The long arm of one of the chromosome 16 has been attached to the long arm of the chromosome 22 and only one...

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