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Sunday, November 16, 2008

News release about microRNAs

UCSF team moves in on mechanism in stem cell growth, possibly cancer, News Release, UCSF News Office, November 13, 2008. Excerpt:
In recent years, microRNAs have been implicated in cancer stem cells, cancer metastases, and even in psychological and metabolic diseases.
The news release is about this publication: Embryonic stem cell–specific microRNAs regulate the G1-S transition and promote rapid proliferation by Yangming Wang and 5 co-authors, including Robert Blelloch, Nat Genet 2008(Nov 2) [Epub ahead of print]. [PubMed Citation]. The article isn't freely accessible.