Descripción:
Mankind is mortal, as decreed by Almighty God. Mortality is achieved via cellular aging or senescence, which is a process by which a cell becomes old and dies. It happens as a result of shortening of telomeres, to the point that chromosomes reach a critical length. Human cells are constantly aging. Being able to make body cells live forever, certainly creates, some exciting possibilities! Cancer cells are a type of malignant cells. Malignant cells multiply and form a tumor, that grows uncontrollably. Telomerase has been detected in human cancer cells, and is 1020 times more active, than in normal body cells. It provides a selective growth advantage, to many types of tumors. If telomerase activity, is turned off in cancer cells, then telomeres in cancer cells would shorten, just like normal cells. This would prevent cancer proliferation. In essence, preventing telomerase, from performing its function, would change cancer cells from “immortal” to “mortal”.
