Scientists identify single microRNA that controls how heart chambers form
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 09:09
in Health & Medicine
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have identified a genetic factor critical to the formation of chambers in the developing heart. The discovery of the role of a microRNA called miR-138, could offer strategies for the treatment of congenital heart defects...