September 5, 2000
Diamond To Give Director's Cultural Lecture, Sept. 18
Social, Cultural Dimensions of Health Explored
Oldstone To Deliver Dyer Lecture, Sept. 13
ORMH Hosts Visits by More Than 200 Members of National Youth Groups
NINDS Grantee Wins 'Genius' Award
NIH Holds Fire Safety Awareness Day
ISSOs Provide
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Peering Into Future Cancer Prevention Becoming More Exact Science By Rich McManus
M O R E . . . Cech To Discuss 'Life at the End of the Chromosome' By Doug Dollemore
Scientists are hot on the trail of an enzyme that has the potential to
increase the longevity of normal cells and may provide new tools to
attack malignant ones, says Nobel laureate Dr. Thomas R. Cech.
The enzyme, called telomerase, synthesizes or extends chromosome
endings in germ cells, and may act like a molecular "timer" to
regulate how long chromosomes in non-germ cells can continue to
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