New research from the University of Maryland and the National Institutes of Health reveals a new role for the enzyme telomerase. Telomerase's only known role in normal tissue was to protect certain ...

Researchers at Arizona State University’s (ASU) School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute’s Center for the Mechanism of Evolution have discovered an unprecedented pathway producing ...

Of the many components in the cell thought to play a role in cancer, few have received more attention in recent years than an enzyme that has been dubbed a cellular fountain of youth. Known as ...

A new research paper was published in Volume 18 of Aging-US on April 13, 2026, titled "Cross species activity of TERT human ...

"We have very deep insights into how telomerase works and how the components work together," Susac said. "Each of these interactions could be a point to target, and possibly disrupt or enhance the ...

In an effort to understand and control telomerase activity, researchers have discovered a protein "motif," named TFLY, which is crucial to the function of telomerase. Altering this motif disrupts ...

Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein complex responsible for maintaining chromosome-end structures called telomeres. Telomerase activity enables unlimited cell proliferation (immortality) in diverse ...

Researchers have published the first detailed picture and description of the 3-dimensional molecular structure of telomerase – a discovery that could enable better targeted drug screening and could ...

For the very first time, a study led by Julian Chen and his group in Arizona State University's School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute's Center for the Mechanism of Evolution, has ...

Telomerase contains a large RNA subunit, TER, and a protein catalytic subunit, TERT. Whether telomerase functions as a monomer or dimer has been a matter of debate. Here we report biochemical and ...

Telomeres are repetitive sequences found at the very tips of our chromosomes. Both the p and q arms of each chromosome have a “cap” of a TTAGGG repetitive sequence on one strand, and a complimentary ...

Telomerase promotes proliferation of resting stem cells through a mechanism that does not involve the extension of chromosomal telomeres, researchers report in Nature this week. "This is a completely ...