(ANSA) - Milan, February 27 - A team of researchers working
for the IFOM foundation in Milan has identified a class of
specific molecules that can block the signals leading to cell
aging caused by the deterioration of telomeres - repetitive
nucleotide sequences at each end of a chromosome that protect
it. The study, published Monday in Nature Communications, could
lay the foundations to work on cell aging in some telomere
diseases such as liver cirrhosis, pulmonary fibrosis, diabetes,
cataracts, osteoporosis and arthritis.
Italians find anti-cell aging molecules
Study by Milan-based IFOM researchers