Tag: Telomerase

  • Nation & World

    Breakthrough to halt premature aging of cells

    Potential drug treatments are being developed for telomere diseases, in which cells age prematurely.

    4 minutes
    Lab with test tubes.
  • Nation & World

    The ‘core pathway’ of aging

    Harvard researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified the root molecular cause of a variety of ills brought on by advanced age, including waning energy, failure of the heart and other organs, and metabolic disorder.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Partial reversal of aging achieved in mice

    Harvard scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute say they have for the first time partially reversed age-related degeneration in mice, resulting in new growth of the brain and testes, improved fertility, and the return of a lost cognitive function.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Telomerase work wins Szostak Nobel Prize in medicine

    Jack W. Szostak, a genetics professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), has won the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for work on cellular structures called telomeres, which protect chromosomes from degradation.

    6 minutes