This discovery holds the potential to reduce healthcare
costs for many common inflammatory diseases such as cancer and diabetes
1. A*STAR
scientists have identified the enzyme, telomerase, as a cause of chronic
inflammation in human cancers. Chronic inflammation is now recognized as a key
underlying cause for the development of many human cancers, autoimmune
disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and metabolic diseases such as diabetes.
This enzyme, which is known to be responsible for providing cancer cells the
endless ability to divide, is now found to also jumpstart and maintain chronic
inflammation in cancers.
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