Activation of pericentromeric and telomeric heterochromatin in cultured lymphocytes from old individuals.
Lezhava. Teimuraz T; Jokhadze. Tina T
The study shows that in cells taken from very old people, the DNA becomes more tightly packed (heterochromatin) with age, which can silence genes. Adding the peptide Livagen in the lab helped loosen this packing and reduced DNA damage caused by cobalt ions. However, the work was done only in cultured lymphocytes, not in living humans.