- History of telomeres and senescence - 2003, innovita research foundation
- All about telomeres: good page with diagrams - 2003
- All about telomeres - 2001
- All about telomeres: infoaging.org - 2001, American Federation for Aging Research
- Telomere/telomerase basics - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
- "Turning Back the Strands of Time" - Scientific American article on telomeres, 1998
- GenLink Multimedia Telomere Resource - Washington University, updated 1999, What are telomeres? subpage, and End Relpication subpage
- Outline of telomere topics 2003
- Human fibroblast replicative senescence can occur in the absence of extensive cell division and short telomeres - 2001 (journal subscription required)
- "Implication of telomerase activity and telomere stability for replicative aging and cellular immortality - pubmed article, 1998
- telomeres in mitochondria - research project investigating telomeres in mitochondria
- history of telomeres - The Scientist, 1996
- telomere/telomerase function, transcription factor influence on telomerase, t-loops - lab investigating telomere function and maintenance
- Hayflick, his limit, and cellular ageing
- telomerase inhibition for cancer treatment - Geron page
- targeting telomerase-concentrated cells w/adenovirus - Geron page
- linearization of circular chromosomes in bacterial evolution - pubmed article, 2000
- eukaryotic DNA replication - Oregon State University
- plant genome and longevity: plants lacking telomeres live long w/genomic abuse, not correlated in animals - National Science Foundation, 2001
- p53 somewhat compensates for telomere shortening - pubmed article, 1999
- telomere detection kits - The Scientist, 1998
- evolution of somatic differentiation was the necessary condition for the evolution of senescence. Somatic cells appear to lack mechanisms to prevent the shortening of telomeres; perhaps an evolved trait to limit the proliferative potential of somatic cells in multicellular organisms Research at Pamona, 1997
- "The Paradox of Immortality" - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 1996
- "Scientists extend the life span of human cells" University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 1998
broken links :( please let me know if you know of working addresses
by Chris Smelick at biologicalgerontology.com
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