Telomeres and telomerase: Understanding basic structure and potential new therapeutic strategies targeting it in the treatment of cancer

The impact of cancer on humanity is huge and a great deal of research is going on worldwide to find novel therapeutic targets. Telomerase is one such exciting target. Increased telomerase activity provides cancer cells with unlimited proliferative potential and is one of the hallmarks of cancer. Thi...

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Main Author: K Sekhri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2014;volume=60;issue=3;spage=303;epage=308;aulast=