Hallmark: enabling replicative immortality

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Normal somatic cells undergo replicative senescence driven by telomere shortening after ~40-60 divisions (Hayflick limit). Cancer cells escape this clock via (i) telomerase reactivation — TERT promoter mutations and amplification…

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