The cancer question

Telomerase, immortality, and a fair reading of the data

Anything that touches telomerase has to face the cancer question, because telomerase reactivation is a route to the replicative immortality that defines many tumors. This unit lays out why the concern is legitimate, then reads the actual epitalon animal tumor data, which are reassuring but not definitive. There is no human counterpart to read at all.

The goal is a balanced position: a real theoretical concern, mixed but not alarming animal data, an empty human record, and an honest, unresolved long-term question.