This BBC NEWS article is a good update to our previous post
One of these compounds is already at work. Just over a year ago, the US Federal Drug Agency approved the first of a new type of painkiller - Prialt
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
This BBC NEWS article is a good update to our previous post
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Researchers discover how microRNAs control protein synthesis
While most RNAs work to create, package, and transfer proteins as determined by the cell?s immediate needs, miniature pieces of RNA, called microRNAs (miRNAs) regulate gene expression. Recently, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine determined how miRNAs team up with a regulatory protein to halt protein production. Results of the study were published recently in Cell.