Telomerase limits damage after heart attack

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The enzyme telomerase is known to repair various types of cell damage, and new results indicate that this activity can be exploited to prevent damage to heart tissue after acute injury such as a heart attack or myocardial infarction.

Lab Anim. (NY) 44, 46 (2015).
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