Of telomeres and tumors
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Medicine
- Vol. 2 (2) , 158-159
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0296-158
Abstract
The enzyme, telomerase, may be switched on in tumor cells. Inhibitors of this enzyme might constitute a new class of anti-cancer drugs.Keywords
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