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Role of microRNA identified in breast cancer What is this ?

 
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 11:07 pm    Post subject: Role of microRNA identified in breast cancer Reply with quote
Scientists mining vast, largely unexplored regions of the human genome have identified a small handful of mini-molecules that play a major role in the development of cancer and perhaps many other diseases. This newly identified set of molecules is called microRNA (miRNA), a collection of hundreds of snippets of non-coding RNA - typically no more than 22 nucleotides in length - that may comprise a master network controlling genes and protein production throughout the body.

[url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/osu-rom081005.php]Read more...[/url]
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