Researchers at Australia’s Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) have discovered a new mechanism by which telomeres—protective chromosome caps—actively help prevent cancer. Traditionally seen as passive structures that shorten over time to signal aging, telomeres can also respond to stress by triggering cellular aging, preventing uncontrolled cell division. This discovery, published in Nature Communications, suggests telomeres play a more dynamic role in cancer defense. The findings could lead to new cancer treatments that target telomeres to induce cell death in cancerous cells.
Source – CGTN
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