Friday, April 01, 2005

Betterhumans - Telomere-shortening Protein Discovered

Betterhumans - Telomere-shortening Protein Discovered:
"A protein discovery has furthered understanding of how telomere length is regulated, important to aging and cancer.

In Kwon Chung and colleagues at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea and the University of Central Florida have discovered a protein that promotes degradation of telomerase, an enzyme that lengthens telomeres."