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Cells become zombies when the ends of their chromosomes are damaged – a tactic both helpful and harmful for health

  • Written by Patricia Opresko, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
Cells become zombies when the ends of their chromosomes are damaged – a tactic both helpful and harmful for healthTelomeres (red) at the ends of chromosomes protect your DNA from damage.Thomas Ried/NCI Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health via Flickr, CC BY-NC

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