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Telomerase

Switching it back on is how a cell becomes immortal, which is also how a cell becomes a cancer. That tension is the whole field.

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Switching it back on is how a cell becomes immortal, which is also how a cell becomes a cancer. That tension is the whole field.

This star is on the map because the show intends to take the question apart properly — the trials, how it is actually tested, whether the thing sold is the thing studied. That work is not done yet, and nothing here should be read as a conclusion. When the investigation is published it will appear on this page.

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