Journal of Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Palayakotai R Raghavan

Publications

• Research Article
  The Quest for Immortality: Introducing Metadichol^® a Novel Telomerase Activator
  Author(s): Palayakotai R RaghavanPalayakotai R Raghavan
  
  Humans are keenly aware of their mortality. Given a limited time what we do with our life is a reflection of knowledge of our mortality. In 2009 the Nobel prize in medicine to Jack W Szostak, Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol W Greider for their work on Telomerase scientific research exploded in this area. Telomere and Telomerase protect chromosome ends the enzyme that maintains this. This activity of Telomerase is essential in cancer, aging and stem cells and achieving longer life spans. Telomerase is expressed in 85% of human cancer cell lines, but its enzymatic activity is not detectable in most human somatic cells which constitute the vast majority of the cells in the human body. There is a need for increased telomerase activity in stem cells for use in the treatment of therapies where there is an active role for telomerase. Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB) provides an attractive sou.. View More»
  

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