Telomere Length and the Cancer-Atherosclerosis Trade-Off.
Modern humans, the longest-living terrestrial mammals, display short telomeres and repressed telomerase activity in somatic tissues compared with most short-living small mammals. The dual trait of short telomeres and repressed telomerase might render humans relatively resistant to cancer compared wi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-07-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4936693?pdf=render |