UC San Francisco presents Mini Medical School. In this edition, join Elizabeth Blackburn from UCSF's Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. Examine what bits of DNA dubbed telomeres tell us about cell division, and how solving this part of the molecular puzzle may help develop new tools to fight cancer and diseases of aging. (#11797)

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