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Telomerase kills!

Vincenzo Nardi-Dei vinz at PCLSP2.KUICR.KYOTO-U.AC.JP
Wed Jan 11 21:53:19 EST 1995


>This is just to kick up a controversy:-
>
>Telomerase stabilizes Cancer cells. Cancer works against normal cells.
>Therefore the body is trying to get rid of telomerase and is deleting
>the ends of chromosomes as a natural defence. Rather than claiming that
>telomerase stabilizes the sperm cells, could it be that the sperm cells
>nable to delete the ends of chromosomes? The telomerase thus produced
>in sperm cells are transported to other cells in the human system and
>cancer cells tend to get stabilized. This is easily verified by looking
>up in infants if telomerase gene is active.

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>S.Baranidharan



Quite bizarre interpretation!

Vincenzo





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