This enzyme could spell the end of ageing and cancer

Apr 30, 2018

A model of the DNA double helix sits on a desk in front of professor Sara Snogerup Linse (L), a member of the Nobel Assembly, during a news conference at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm October 7, 2015. Sweden's Tomas Lindahl, the U.S.-based Paul Modrich and Turkish-born Aziz Sancar won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for work on mapping how cells repair damaged DNA, the award-giving body said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN. NO COMMERCIAL SALES.

Understanding the structure of telomerase could be a major break through. Image: REUTERS/Fredrik Sandberg

Richard Faragher

Professor of Biogerontology, University of Brighton.

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