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Astragalus Compound May Help in AIDS Treatment
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 16, 2008
... from HIV-infected persons to TAT2 to see if the chemical not only slowed the shortening of the telomeres but improved the cells' production of soluble factors called chemokines and cytokines,...
Premature Telomere Shortening and Colorectal Cancer
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 28, 2007
...er and 98 people with no history of cancer. They found that the colon cancer patients had abnormal telomeres that were unusually short , particularly for a group of patients considered young for colo...
Telomeres: Genetic Markers That May Predict Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on April 12, 2007
...risk for coronary disease.
People with such condition can now be tested of a genetic marker called telomeres in order to predict their future of a coronary heart disease: detection of the shortenin...
Rad9 Inactivation Increase Efficacy Of Radiation In Cancer Therapy
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 20, 2006
...dy at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Rad9 which is especially active in telomeres (the protective ends of chromosomes) was first thought of as a "watchman" that c...
GRN163L: Drug Candidate Against Lung Adenocarcinoma
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 5, 2005
...oes it work?
When normal cells divide and age, that part of the cell's chromosomes called the telomeres become shorter and shorter with each division. When they reach a certain length, the cells...