Cells without telomerase have limited division potential, Cells with telomerase can divide without limit.

January 28, 2011; 07:14:38 p.m. Taipei Time

Beginning to piece together the first telomeric DNA sequence [2009](IR91); Nobel Lecture 2009 - {Telomeres and Telomerase - The Means to the End} by Elizabeth H. Blackburn.png

Cells without telomerase have limited division potential, Cells with telomerase can divide without limit.; Nobel Lecture 2009 - {DNA Ends - Just the Beginning} by Jack W. Szostak.png

Rate of loss of telomere length predicts cardiovascular disease death in elderly man; MacArthur Aging Study [2009](IR91); Nobel Lecture 2009 - {Telomeres and Telomerase - The Means to the End} by Elizabeth H. Blackburn.png

telomere shortening syndromes share features of age related disease; Implies short telomeres may play a role in disease without mutation; Nobel Lecture 2009 - {Telomerase Discovery} by Carol W. Greider.png

Telomeres lengthened in one forth of adults during 2.5 years; MacArthur Aging Study [2009](IR91); Nobel Lecture 2009 - {Telomeres and Telomerase - The Means to the End} by Elizabeth H. Blackburn 01.jpg

Telomeres lengthened in one forth of adults during 2.5 years; MacArthur Aging Study [2009](IR91); Nobel Lecture 2009 - {Telomeres and Telomerase - The Means to the End} by Elizabeth H. Blackburn.png

telomeric DNA repeat unit was tandemly repeated [2009](IR91); Nobel Lecture 2009 - {Telomeres and Telomerase - The Means to the End} by Elizabeth H. Blackburn.png