Landmark Study Offers Insight into Cell Programming

Landmark Study Offers Insight into Cell Programming

“The FANTOM5 (Functional Annotation of the Mammalian Genome) team appears to have uncovered a key part of the puzzle about how cells differentiate to perform different functions and develop into more specialized cell types, such as brain cells, blood …

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Exercise enhances our DNA, our health

Muscle biopsies and DNA testing were performed on both the control (nonexercised) leg and the experimental (exercised) leg before and after the study began and assessed for DNA changes. Researchers were pleasantly surprised to find significant changes …

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Study offers clue to how cells are programmed

… such as brain cells, blood cells or muscle cells.” The team showed that when cells turn on new genes, this process starts from enhancer regions, a type of DNA “switch” and key regulatory elements throughout the genome. “We knew enhancers played a …

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