| lengthen telomere | 0.39 | But human cells have a gene whose product, called telomerase, can lengthen telomeres. | ||
| rebuild telomere | 0.33 | But perhaps the gene could be flicked on just long enough to rebuild telomeres. | ||
| shorten telomere | 0.33 | And if they could shorten the telomeres of cancer cells, they might cure cancer. |