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Study Backs Theory That miRNAs Can Discern Antigens; Others May Regulate Cardiac Stress

Mar 29, 2007
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Researchers from Stanford University and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals last week showed that a single microRNA can play an important role in helping T cells recognize antigens.
 
Separately last week, researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center showed that a heart-specific miRNA can help control stress-dependent cardiac growth and gene expression.
 

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