MicroRNA discovery points to new strategy for slowing lung cancer growth

Cancer develops when the body's systems for controlling cell growth break down, allowing cells to multiply unchecked. Texas A ...
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miRDB—MicroRNA Target Prediction Database

Strong Points: Site is well-organized; includes list of known miRNAs in two species. MicroRNAs are important regulators of gene expression. However, predicting when and where miRNAs will exert their ...
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Patrocles – The Database of Polymorphic miRNA-Target Interactions

Named after Patrocles, who was killed by Hector because the former went to battle wearing the armor of Achilles, this site is a database that tracks polymorphisms that affect miRNAs and their targets ...
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MicroRNA − a new Nobel laureate describes the scientific process of discovering these tiny molecules that turn genes on and off

The 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine goes to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, tiny biological molecules that tell the cells in your body what kind of cell to be ...