Telomerase Research Paper

Telomerase enzyme is apart of the Cancer cell hallmark 4, which is the unlimited cell division hallmark. “Activation of telomerase enzyme, an oncogene which allows cells to divide indefinitely” (2). Typically a cell will stop dividing on it’s own and when the cell divides without telomerase happening, the telomeres will be shorten down. Telomeres is the the ends of the chromosomes. “During development of a multi-cellular a special enzyme called telomerase keeps your telomeres long” (2). When it comes to cancer cells, 9 out of time 10 times the cells have activated telomerase. “However, too much telomerase can also lead to cancer by helping cells to become functionally immortal by avoiding the Hayflick Limit” (1). The reason too much telomerase is bad is due to the fact that cancer cells will have telomerase ignore the stop reproducing sign and will have mutations/cancer cells keep dividing and reproducing.“Since most cancer cells express telomerase to bypass the replicative limit imposed by telomere length, development and testing of new compounds that …show more content…
Scientists are doing research over someone that is stressful and comparing that person to someone that is not as stressed. “The authors noted that those who perceived events as less stressful than what the researchers expected had longer telomere lengths compared to individuals who perceived events as more stressful than what researchers expected” (1). Doing this experiments proves that feeling less stressful with make telomerase happen more often and have the telomere lengths be longer. The experiments come down to the person's personality because some events like a death in the family or almost being in a car accident can feel different for people. One example I can use of people personalities is that my sister was starting to get rashes during my grandpas funeral while I was not due to the fact she was feeling more stressed than I