{"id":35531,"date":"2022-12-08T06:46:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T06:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/?p=34476"},"modified":"2024-01-11T12:42:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T07:12:55","slug":"telomerase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/telomerase\/","title":{"rendered":"Can we stop ageing with telomerase?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Growing up, you must have heard of famous characters that can live for all eternity. In the Indian subcontinent, the stories of \u2018Chiranjeevi,\u2019<\/em> immortal beings, are quite famous. Similarly, the stories of vampires, Draculas, and other beings that can live forever without ageing a single day have fascinated humans for a long time. But what if someone told you all of this was possible? That living your whole life as youthful as you desire to be is a thing your body can do? <\/p>\n\n\n\n No, it is not like the fictional characters Deadpool <\/em>or Wolverine; it<\/em> is something that stem cells in an infant actively do. The key to this fictional concept being true is an enzyme called telomerase or terminal transferase. How are telomerase and ageing linked? Telomerase can support cell rejuvenation and even reverse cellular ageing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n