she noticed that cells do not tolerate the presence of unprotected chromosome ends, and that broken ends are quickly fused together by the DNA repair machinery. McClintock also saw that telomeres ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Telomeres, the protective caps at the ends of our chromosomes, act much like the plastic tips of shoelaces, preventing our DNA from fraying ...

Chromosomes, which carry all of our genetic instructions, must be copied in a complete way during cell division. Telomeres, ...

W. Szostak and Carol W. Greider — was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her help in discovering "how chromosomes are protected by telomeres." Telomeres protect our DNA ...

Telomeres are structures made of repetitive DNA and protein, safeguarding our genetic material during cell division. Over ...

Telomeres are specialized nucleoprotein structures at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes that are essential for chromosome stability and cellular proliferation. Telomeric DNA does not encode for ...

Loss of the Y chromosome (LOY) in men, a dynamic mutation linked to aging, impairs immune function and increases risks of ...

In cells from these mice, telomeres shortened rapidly, but cells did not go through senescence. Instead, most cells reached the chromosome crisis stage, at which point most underwent apoptosis.

Telomeres are repetitive sequences of DNA capping the ends of chromosomes and protecting them from deterioration or from fusion with neighboring chromosomes. Telomeres shorten progressively over ...

We are entering into an exciting era of genomics where truly complete, high-quality assemblies of human chromosomes are available end-to-end, or from ‘telomere-to-telomere’ (T2T). Recently, the ...

HBOT has been shown to reduce the presence of senescent cells by 37%, offering a unique pathway for rejuvenating tissues, ...