The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) researchers who were the first to identify that stem cells in human urine have potential for tissue regenerative effects, continue their ...

Telomerase plays a pivotal role in maintaining chromosome integrity by adding telomeric repeats to the ends of chromosomes. Its reactivation in a vast majority of cancers makes it an invaluable ...

Prognostic and Predictive Factors for Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer Undergoing Aggressive Induction Therapy Followed by High-Dose Chemotherapy With Autologous Stem-Cell Support PURPOSE: ...

Abstract Purpose: Telomerase is considered a molecular marker for malignancy. The aim of this study was to determine telomerase activity (TA) as a prognostic factor at diagnosis and as a marker for ...

Researchers at Arizona State University’s (ASU) School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute’s Center for the Mechanism of Evolution have discovered an unprecedented pathway producing ...

A new study has discovered an unprecedented pathway producing telomerase RNA from a protein-coding messenger RNA (mRNA). For the very first time, a study led by Julian Chen and his group in Arizona ...

New research linking telomere shortening to myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) offers substantial therapeutic implications for affected patients and MDS research. In a previous study, the current authors ...

A defining characteristic of cancer cells is their immortality. Usually, normal cells are limited in the number of times they can divide before they stop growing. Cancer cells, however, can overcome ...

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to change lives by changing the course of blood cancer, today announced that ...

Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) advances cancer research as part of broader discussions linked to the nasdaq index.