Telomerase+Inhibition

**Telomerase Inhibition:**
Telomerase is a ground breaking new area in the field of cancer.[1] Telomerase inhibition is exactly what it sounds like, by stopping telomerase from doing its job cancer cells are no longer immortal.[2][3] While telomerase is found through most of the human body it is found much more in cancer cells. This overload of telomerase is fundamental and the reason why cancerous cells are so hard to kill, because even a few single cells left over will continue to multiply until the cancer has returned.[2]



By Peter Knipler //Last edited 11/11/2011//

References:
[1] Mukai, S., Kondo, Y., Koga, S., Komata, T., Barna, B.P. & Kondo, S. 2000, "2-5A Antisense Telomerase RNA therapy for intracranial Malignant Gliomas", vol. 60, pp. 4461.

[2] Facts about telomeres and telomerase, UtSouthwestern, accessed 28th September 2011, []

[3] Wu, X., Amos, C.I., Zhu, Y., Zhao, B.H., Grossman, B.H., Shay, J.W., Luo, S., Hong, W.K. & Spitz, M.R. 2003, "Telomere Dysfunction: A Potential Cancer Predisposition Facter", vol. 95, no. 16, pp. 1211.