UTSW scientists discover a new role for RNA in safeguarding human chromosome number
Monday, December 28, 2015 - 19:11
in Biology & Nature
Molecular biologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a gene called NORAD that helps maintain the proper number of chromosomes in cells, and that when inactivated, causes the number of chromosomes in a cell to become unstable, a key feature of cancer cells.