A collaborative Sino-Australian study led by scientists at the Institute of Ageing Research at Hangzhou Normal University in Chongqing has identified a new target for enhancing respiratory function and preventing stress-induced premature lung aging and fibrosis due to environmental stresses in mice.
Telomerase's reputation is that it has an important role in maintaining the ability of stem cells to divide through maintaining telomeres, the structures at the tips of chromosomes that shorten with each replication cycle.
