Emily Osborne | END REPLICATION PROBLEM

END REPLICATION PROBLEM Thin caps bandage our DNA, this morning’s science news explains. Chromosomes only replicate in the middle. With each division, telomeres shrivel until the unclothed genome dies. It’s before seven, and I’m unsettled by the end replication problem. At the molecular level, stress shortens lifespan. A tough job claws at our nucleotide’s fine […]