Cryo-EM Images Capture Key Enzyme Tied to Cancer, Aging – NIH Director's Blog

Cryo-EM Images Capture Key Enzyme Tied to Cancer, Aging – NIH Director's Blog

Cryo-EM Images Capture Key Enzyme Tied to Cancer, Aging Each time your cells divide, telomeres—complexes of specialized DNA sequences, RNA, and protein that protect the tips of your chromosomes—shorten just a bit.  And, as the video shows, that shortening renders the genomic information on your chromosomes more vulnerable to changes that can drive cancer and other diseases of aging. Read more...