{"id":78891,"date":"2018-05-18T13:42:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T20:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/blocking-anti-aging-enzymes-makes-cancer-die-of-old-age"},"modified":"2018-05-26T07:15:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T14:15:00","slug":"blocking-anti-aging-enzymes-makes-cancer-die-of-old-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/blocking-anti-aging-enzymes-makes-cancer-die-of-old-age","title":{"rendered":"Blocking anti-aging enzymes makes cancer die of old age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/blocking-anti-aging-enzymes-makes-cancer-die-of-old-age.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the cellular level, aging and cancer are two sides of the same coin. The mechanism that limits a cell\u2019s lifespan can be slowed down, but that can turn them cancerous, as they divide unchecked. Now, scientists at EPFL have found a way to manipulate that mechanism to effectively turn off cancer\u2019s immortality, letting it die slowly and naturally.<\/p>\n<p>Every time a cell divides, it consults the blueprints contained in the chromosomes, but some genetic information is lost with every division. To protect the important bits, the tips of the chromosomes are covered with repeating sequences of \u201cjunk\u201d DNA known as telomeres. Eventually even they erode away, leaving the cell vulnerable to damage \u2013 which we recognize as wrinkles, grey hairs, decreased metabolism, and higher chances of disease. In that way, telomere length is inextricably linked to aging.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/block-enzymes-cancer-mortal\/54664\/\">https:\/\/newatlas.com\/block-enzymes-cancer-mortal\/54664\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the cellular level, aging and cancer are two sides of the same coin. The mechanism that limits a cell\u2019s lifespan can be slowed down, but that can turn them cancerous, as they divide unchecked. Now, scientists at EPFL have found a way to manipulate that mechanism to effectively turn off cancer\u2019s immortality, letting it [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78891","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\/78891","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\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79089,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78891\/revisions\/79089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}