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Telomerase reactivation reverses tissue degeneration in aged telomerase-deficient mice.
Nature - 6 Jan 2011
Jaskelioff Mariela, Muller Florian L, Paik Ji-Hye, Thomas Emily, Jiang Shan, Adams Andrew C, Sahin Ergun, Kost-Alimova Maria, Protopopov Alexei, Cadiñanos Juan, Horner James W, Maratos-Flier Eleftheria, Depinho Ronald A
Abstract excerpt
An ageing world population has fuelled interest in regenerative remedies that may stem declining organ function and maintain fitness. Unanswered is whether elimination of intrinsic instigators driving age-associated degeneration can reverse, as opposed to simply arrest, various afflictions of the aged. Such instigators include progressively damaged genomes. Telomerase-deficient mice have served as a model system...
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