Tag: Telomeres
How cancer cells can become immortal – new research finds a...
Pattra Chun-On, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences and Jonathan Alder, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
A defining characteristic of...
Cells become zombies when the ends of their chromosomes are damaged...
Patricia Opresko, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences and Ryan Barnes, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
The Research Brief is...
Does a year in space make you older or younger?
Susan Bailey, Colorado State University
Daily life aboard the International Space Station moves fast. Really fast. Traveling at approximately 17,000 miles per hour, 300...
When a mom feels depressed, her baby’s cells might feel it...
Benjamin W. Nelson, University of Oregon; Heidemarie Laurent, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Nick Allen, University of Oregon
An estimated 1 in 9 women...