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Gene Therapy Ages Human Cancer Cells in Lab

Posted by samzenpus on from the my-tumor-feels-10-years-older dept.

mattr writes "Korean scientists are the first in the world to selectively age off and kill human cancer cells, by injecting a gene that suppresses telomerase, a cancer-specific enzyme that normally makes cancer cells immortal by protecting the telomere tips of their chromosomes. The telomere length modulation mechanism was found by two scientists from Yonsei University and colleagues at U. Central Florida, and is reported in the April 1 issue of Genes and Development magazine."

2 of 318 comments (clear)

  1. Re:who gets credit by shigelojoe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Gee, maybe I should have noticed that you had a 4 digit user ID first.

    Consider me duly shamed.

  2. MOD PARENT UP by cosinezero · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Seriously, that was hilarious. I can't believe people here didn't catch the humour in that...