Scientific Breakthrough: Telomere Transfer
We have now found a telomerase independent mechanism of telomere elongation based on transfer of telomere vesicles at the initiation of the immune response. The process elongates telomeres 30 times more than telomerase.
Stuck in time
For forty years, a single protein called “telomerase” has been thought as the sole factor responsible to preserve telomere elongation.
Telomere shortening
Telomere shortening has been directly regarded as one of the leading cause of aging, including that of the skin.
Meet the telomeres
Our DNA is packed inside the cell into structures known as “chromosomes”, whose ends, the telomeres, become shorter and shorter with age.