Telomere, telomerase and digestive cancer.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Xiangya Hospital, Hunan MedicalUniversity, Changsha 410008, Hunan Province, ChinaDr. Javed Yakoob, now a Ph. D. student in the Department ofInfectious Diseases, Hunan Medical University, who worked inDublin, Ireland in the field of medicine for several years.Correspondence to: Prof. FAN Xue-Gong, Department of InfectiousDiseases, Xiangya Hospital, Changsha 410008, Hunan Province, ChinaTel. +86·731·4328926Received 1998-04-20