Tiny RNA shown to cause multiple types of leukemia
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 19:40
in Biology & Nature
Whitehead Institute researchers have shown in mouse models that overexpression of the microRNA 125b (miR-125b) can independently cause leukemia and accelerate the disease's progression. Their results are published in this week's online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).