{"id":158654,"date":"2023-02-21T10:24:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/telomeres-found-to-encode-two-proteins-potentially-transforming-cancer-research"},"modified":"2023-02-21T10:24:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:24:30","slug":"telomeres-found-to-encode-two-proteins-potentially-transforming-cancer-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/telomeres-found-to-encode-two-proteins-potentially-transforming-cancer-research","title":{"rendered":"Telomeres Found To Encode Two Proteins, Potentially Transforming Cancer Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/telomeres-found-to-encode-two-proteins-potentially-transforming-cancer-research2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Telomeres \u2013 the protective caps at the tips of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/tags\/chromosomes\" target=\"_blank\">chromosomes<\/a> \u2013 can encode two proteins, something that was previously thought impossible, new research has suggested. The discovery of genetic information coding for these proteins, one of which is elevated in some human cancers, could have huge ramifications for the fields of health, medicine, and cell biology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiscovering that telomeres encode two novel signaling proteins will change our understanding of cancer, aging, and how cells communicate with other cells,\u201d study author Jack Griffith, the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/news-releases\/980033\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on our research, we think simple blood tests for these proteins could provide a valuable screen for certain cancers and other human diseases,\u201d Griffith, who is also a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, added. \u201cThese tests also could provide a measure of \u2018telomere health,\u2019 because we know telomeres <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/experimental-gene-therapy-increases-lifespan-of-mice-by-41-percent-in-telomere-lengthening-study-63635\" target=\"_blank\">shorten with age<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telomeres \u2013 the protective caps at the tips of chromosomes \u2013 can encode two proteins, something that was previously thought impossible, new research has suggested. The discovery of genetic information coding for these proteins, one of which is elevated in some human cancers, could have huge ramifications for the fields of health, medicine, and cell [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":579,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/579"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}