“A Medical and Scientific Trinity”
July 24, 2012 | Terry Sharrer
It has been known for decades that in immortalized cancer cells chromosomes lengthen and in normally-aging cells they shorten. In both instances, inflammation processes are involved, and recently investigators at the NYU School of Medicine discovered that a single gene (with four isoforms) is key to inflammation, accelerated aging and cancer. The AUF1 gene controls inflammation and is involved in activating telomerase (the immortalizing enzyme of cancer). MORE