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New study finds if bacteria confound genetic switch
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 4 (ANI): For decades, a small group of medical researchers have been studying a biochemical, DNA tagging system, which switches genes on or off. Many have studied it in bacteria and now some have seen signs of it in, plants, flies, and even human brain tumours. Accord
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Researchers develop novel technology that aims to improve treatment of neu
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 18 (ANI): A team researchers have found a recently developed system for switching on the activity of genes that could improve treatments for a broad range of neurological diseases. They have developed new gene promoters - which act like switches to turn on gene e
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Study identifies 'switch' that aids spread of breast cancer around body
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 30 (ANI): A new study has identified a genetic 'switch' in breast cancer cells that facilitates the production of internal scaffolding, a type of protein called Keratin-80, which makes cancer cells more rigid and may make the cells travel in bloodstream to other
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