A new discovery could provide a key component in understanding the human aging process and even aid in the battle against cancer.
A breakthrough discovery by Texas A&M University and Arizona State University professors could provide a key component in understanding the human aging process and even aid in the battle against cancer.
Dorothy Shippen, Ph.D., is a University Distinguished Professor and Regents Fellow in Texas A&M’s Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and with Texas A&M AgriLife Research, College Station.
Shippen co-led a study with Julian Chen, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry, Arizona State University’s School of Molecular Sciences. First author, Jiarui Song, is a graduate student with Shippen.
Their study, “The conserved structure of plant telomerase RNA provides the missing link for an evolutionary pathway from ciliates to humans,” is being published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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