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The process of immortalisation is linked to telomere biology. Gradual erosion of telomeres, the very ends of human chromosomes, eventually limits the replicative life span of somatic cells and this process can be regarded as an ultimate tumor suppressor mechanism eliminating cells that have accumulated genetic alterations. The enzyme telomerase elongates telomeres and Telomeres and Telomerases: Cancer and Biology, edited by Guido Krupp and Reza Parwaresch. com and Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers.
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