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New gene that is essential for nuclear reprogramming

A group from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), headed by researcher Ralph P. Schneider, from the Telomeres and Telomerase Group led by María A. Blasco, publishes this week an article in Nature Communications on the discovery of a new gene called TRF1 that is essential for nuclear reprogramming. It is also known that TRF1 is indispensable for protecting telomeres, the ends of chromosomes. …