Open door to treatment of renal fibrosis by showing that it is caused by telomere shortening

(Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)) Ageing is a common factor in many diseases. So, what if it were possible to treat them by acting on the causes of ageing or, more specifically, by acting on the shortening of telomeres, the structures that protect chromosomes? This strategy is being pursued by CNIO researchers, which have already succeeded to cure pulmonary fibrosis and infarctions in mice by lengthening telomeres. Now they take a first step towards doing the same with ren...