Inherently, the telomeres located at the ends of chromosomes shorten during each cycle of DNA replication and cell division, eventually topping DNA replication and leading to cell senescence and death.
Stanford researchers have invented a method and developed compositions of matter to reduce the production of infectious viruses in cells that line the respiratory tract. The invention enables the use of gene-silencing approaches to prevent and treat viral infections.
Dr. Stanley Cohen and colleagues have identified small molecular compounds that may be useful in the treatment of nucleotide repeat diseases. A well-known nucleotide repeat disorder is Huntington's disease.