Illustration of telomere lengthening by Kimberly Battista: "Cancer cell immortality hinges on #telomeres, the caps of repetitive #DNA that protect the ends of #chromosomes." Explore more: buff.ly/3nXM9LL #medical #illustration #medicalillustration #3D #sciart #medillsb
#inktober2021 Day 19: An infinite #loop The #DNA is a very long #molecule. To fit in the cell it is looped around proteins, packed into what we call #chromosomes. At the beginning of the 20th-century, work in #fruitflies showed that the chromosomes contained the #genes. (1/3)
