Researchers have discovered a bacterial antiviral defense system, DRT10, that synthesizes tandem-repeat DNA through a ...

Columbia researchers discovered a bacterial antiviral system called DRT10 that shares an evolutionary origin with telomerase, ...

A central question in molecular biology is how cells protect their chromosomes from damage during repeated cell division. At the heart of this protective process is an enzyme called telomerase. Now an ...

Study shows how telomerase can run amok, deleteriously capping damaged DNA, were it not for a first responder to DNA damage. The natural ends of chromosomes appear alarmingly like broken DNA, much as ...

CHICAGO, IL / ACCESS Newswire / September 29, 2026 / Recent research examining the effects of Epitalon peptide on telomere-maintenance mechanisms has renewed attention to the peptide as scientists ...

A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine provides insights into how cells maintain the tiny end caps of chromosomes as they divide, a key process in keeping cells healthy. Using yeast, the researchers ...

The length of telomeres that protect the ends of our chromosomes should be tightly regulated. Those that are too long predispose to cancer, and those that are too short lose their protective ability, ...