Monday 7 July 2014

Research Suggests Pseudogenes may Provide Clearer Understanding of Biomarkers

The pseudogenes are dysfunctional, unloved and seemingly useless entities having lost their protein-coding abilities. They contain material not essential for an organism's survival and are the "last stop" for removal of genomic waste. Not any more. The pseudogene's day may have arrived thanks to scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Han Liang, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Bioinformatics ...

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