Why chromosomes never tie their shoelaces
In the latest issue of the journal Nature, Miguel Godinho Ferreira, Principal Investigator at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC) in Portugal, lead a team of researchers to shed light on a paradox that has puzzled biologists since the discovery of telomeres, the protective tips of chromosomes: while broken chromosome ends generated by DNA damage (such as radiation or cigarette smoke) are …
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Silence Therapeutics Issued New Patents Covering siRNA Sequences for RNA Interference Therapeutics
LONDON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Silence Therapeutics plc (AIM: SLN) (“Silence” or the “Company”) announces the issuance of two new patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) which are broadly directed to double-stranded short interfering RNA (siRNA) sequences against the validated cancer targets epidermal growth factor receptor related protein (EGFR-RP) and vascular …
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