Researchers long thought that only one strand of a double-stranded microRNA can silence genes. Though recent evidence has challenged that dogma, it's unclear what the other strand does, and how the two may be involved in cancer. New research from…
New C. elegans model will accelerate study of a rare disease
The model will permit to accelerate and reduce the price of the research, which is studying the mechanisms and the possible pharmacological targets for the neuronal alterations of this disease. The earliest results of studies with this organism point to…
Single gene cluster loss promotes initiation and progression of multiple myeloma in mice
Bottom Line: The loss of one copy of the miR15a/miR16-1 gene cluster promoted initiation and progression of multiple myeloma in mice. Journal in Which the Study was Published: Published online in Blood Cancer Discovery, the latest journal of the American…