Recruitment of human telomerase to telomeres

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/571193

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Most normal cells naturally cease their growth because their chromosomes erode from repeated cell division. The erosion takes place at the ends of the chromosomes, or telomeres. All cancer cells avoid this erosion, and thus fail to cease their growth. About 85% of all cancers achieve this by activating an enzyme called telomerase, an enzyme that allows cancer cells to avoid the natural ageing process. This project aims to understand how this enzyme gets recruited to chromosome ends.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $60,563.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cancer | cell biology | telomeres

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