Posts Tagged ‘transitions’

Think you know that cell? Think again

Common yeast cells like these are able to change from the “a” to the “alpha” type by removing a protein that prevents certain genes from being expressed. Understanding that mechanism could lead to new interventions in pathologies where the cell transformation process goes wrong. (Credit: Jeffrey Laney/Brown University)

BROWN (US)—Cells are not static. They can transform themselves over time—but change can have dangerous implications. Benign cells, for example, can suddenly change into cancerous ones. Continue…