Targeting telomeres might be an effective the
• Telomeres are the structures that protect the ends of chromosomes. The ability of tumor cells to continue dividing indefinitely, as if they were immortal, depends on telomeres • When telomeres are damaged, lung cancer cells lose the ability to divide and the tumor shrinks, new results show • Targeting telomeres aims at "taking immortality away from cancer cells," says Maria Blasco, senior author of the paper
Source: eurekalert.org