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Methods of telomerase inhibition -- Telomerase inhibition by synthetic nucleic acids and chemosensitization in human bladder cancer cell lines -- hTERT knockdown in human embryonic kidney cells using double-stranded RNA -- RNA interference using a plasmid construct expressing a short-hairpin RNA -- Retrovirus-mediated RNA interference -- Telomerase inhibition and telomere targeting in hematopoietic cancer cell lines with small non-nucleosidic synthetic compounds (BIBR1532) -- Uses of telomerase peptides in anti-tumor immune therapy -- Establishing cell-based reporter systems for the analysis of hTERT expression -- Telomerase RNA inhibition using antisense oligonucleotide against human telomerase RNA linked to a 2',5'-oligoadenylate -- Knockdown of telomerase RNA using hammerhead ribozymes and RNA interference -- Evaluation of tankyrase inhibition in whole cells -- Inhibition of telomerase by targeting MAP kinase signaling -- Screening of telomerase inhibitors -- Telomerase inhibition combined with other chemotherapeutic reagents to enhance anti-cancer effect.