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 […]