Dr.
Titia de Lange
Rockefeller University
Cellular biologist; Geneticist; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Cellular and Developmental Biology
Elected
2007
Discovered that major protein factors and structural elements which protect human chromosome ends (telomeres). Using molecular genetics, biochemistry and physical methods, studies revealed critical insights into how mammalian telomeres protect against chromosome instability and act as a clock to time the aging process.
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