The ends of chromosomes, called telomeres, typically shorten as an organism ages. But when some fat-tail dwarf lemurs ...

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore splash landed in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday. They are experiencing a few odd side effects from being in space too long ...

In the 1930s, Muller was surprised to note that telomeres were strangely resistant to mutagenic X-rays. Why are the unique properties of these chromosomal "end caps" so important? Thus ...

and the natural process of growing older, according to the researchers. Their findings suggest that sex may be beneficial when it comes to protecting telomeres, which means cells may live longer.

Previously, researchers thought the process of cells growing old and feeble ... early in the immune response to viruses may determine how fast T cells decline. Telomeres are long, repeating sequences ...

“Reduced telomere length can be caused by embryonic cellular damage,” said study co-lead Dr. Yasmyn Winstanley. The ...

Telomere changes in response to the environment can influence ... Due to microgravity, the roots and the shoots really grow all over the place; they interlock. I was scared to dissect it because it ...

While most bacterial DNA is in the form of plasmids, there are some that have linear DNA that contain telomeres. Though the presence of telomeres at the ends of the linear DNA is similar to ...

Telomeres are specialized nucleoprotein structures at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes that are essential for chromosome stability and cellular proliferation. Telomeric DNA does not encode for ...