Scientists discover fundamental mechanism that affects how gene activity is regulated

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - 09:21 in Biology & Nature

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have discovered a fundamental mechanism that effectively silences or dials down certain active genes as a basic regulatory or quality-control system within a cell. It may even act as a defense against viruses. The newly discovered mechanism targets ribonucleic acid, or RNA, a close cousin of […]

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