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Department of Environmental Carcinogenesis & Toxicology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, 37, S. P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata 700 026, India, E-mail: sutapa_c_in@yahoo.com

Abstract .......................................................................................................21 2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................22 2.2 Telomere and Its Importance ..............................................................23 2.3 Telomerase, Structure, and Regulation ..............................................27 2.4 Telomerase Function ..........................................................................33 2.5 Telomerase Activity in Different Cancers ..........................................35 2.6 Telomerase Activity in Normal and Cancer Stem Cells ....................44 2.7 Telomerase Therapeutics in Cancer by Natural Means ......................45 2.8 Summary ............................................................................................46 Keywords ....................................................................................................47 References ...................................................................................................47

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