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Racing for cell immortality, telomeres, telomerase, and the measure of health

(A reflection on the award of the 2009 Demidov prize in the field of biology given to Alexey Matveevich Olovnikov)

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Original Russian Text © Y.E. Yegorov, A.V. Zelenin, 2011, published in Ontogenez, 2011, vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 62–66.

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Yegorov, Y.E., Zelenin, A.V. Racing for cell immortality, telomeres, telomerase, and the measure of health. Russ J Dev Biol 42, 53–56 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062360411010061

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