Scientists can finally answer an old question about cellular aging
December 01, 2025
December 01, 2025
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 -- Rockefeller University issued the following news:
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Scientists can finally answer an old question about cellular aging
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After a finite number of divisions, cells simply give up. As each round of replication trims their telomeresthe protective caps at the chromosome endsthose caps eventually become too short to prevent chromosome ends from being recognized as DNA breaks. As a result, cells permanently arrest, a phenomeno . . .
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Scientists can finally answer an old question about cellular aging
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After a finite number of divisions, cells simply give up. As each round of replication trims their telomeresthe protective caps at the chromosome endsthose caps eventually become too short to prevent chromosome ends from being recognized as DNA breaks. As a result, cells permanently arrest, a phenomeno . . .