telomerase

Video: The links between telomerase and aging

The key to keeping our cells healthy may be down to the enzyme telomerase. In this video we cover how…

3 years ago

Video: What are telomeres and how do they protect our cells?

What are telomeres? Telomeres are protective caps, found at the ends of our chromosomes. This is the first in a…

3 years ago

How do telomeres affect cancer?

Telomeres shorten as we age and the risk of cancer increases as we get older; here we explore some ways…

3 years ago

What is telomerase?

Telomerase is an enzyme whose main function is the maintenance of telomeres. Here we examine what the purpose of telomerase…

4 years ago

10 years on from the Nobel Prize win for telomerase research

A decade ago, it was announced that a Nobel Prize was being awarded to researchers for the discovery of “how…

5 years ago