RNA Used To Reprogram One Cell Type Into Another
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 09:21
in Biology & Nature
For the past decade, researchers have tried to tweak cells at the gene and nucleus level to reprogram their identity. Now, working on the idea that the signature of a cell is defined by molecules called messenger RNAs, which contain the chemical blueprint for how to make a protein, researchers have found another way to change one cell type into another.