Michael D. West - Researcher Profile

Publications

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Specific Association of Human Telomerase Activity with Immortal Cells and Cancer

Nam W. Kim , Mieczyslaw A. Piatyszek , Karen R. Prowse +7 more

Synthesis of DNA at chromosome ends by telomerase may be necessary for indefinite proliferation of human cells. A highly sensitive assay for measuring telomerase activity was de...

1994 Science 7103 citations

Replicative senescence of human skin fibroblasts correlates with a loss of regulation and overexpression of collagenase activity

Michael D. West , Olivia M. Pereira‐Smith , James R. Smith

1989 Experimental Cell Research 237 citations

Telomerase, Cell Immortality, and Cancer

Calvin B. Harley , Naomy Kim , Karen R. Prowse +10 more

An important hallmark of cancer is aberrant growth control. Genetic changes that confer a growth advantage to the tumor cell are observed on numerous levels. Some of the best un...

1994 Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quanti... 400 citations

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Researcher Info

h-index: 3
Publications: 3
Citations: 7,740
Institution: Geron (United States)

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Identifiers

ORCID: 0000-0002-4842-5468

Impact Metrics

h-index 3

h-index: Number of publications with at least h citations each.