Friday, 19 September 2008

Telomerase, Lifestyle and Cancer

Telomerase plays a key role both in the of ageing process and cancer. An interesting study linking lifestyle and telomerase was recently published in Lancet Oncology. The study measured the levels of telomerase in white blood cells and the beginning and end of a 3 month period of lifestyle changes.

This swiftly follows the recent article about telomerase in Nature on 31st August.

There is an interesting round up of both news items on the Cancer Research UK blog

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