Telomeres: has cancer's Achilles' heel been exposed?
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- DOI: 10.1038/13451
Telomeres: has cancer's Achilles' heel been exposed?
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Inhibition of telomerase limits the growth of human cancer cells.Nat Med. 1999 Oct;5(10):1164-70. doi: 10.1038/13495. Nat Med. 1999. PMID: 10502820
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