chromatin
2 stories tagged "chromatin"
Brain & Aging
Same Genes, Different Fold: A Fly Wing Regrows Only When Distant DNA Touches
Disturb the way the DNA folds after an injury, and the fruit fly still builds a normal wing but loses much of its power to repair one. The instructions to heal weren't only in the genes. They were in the shape.
CancerThe Gene That Derails Brain Development Is Also a Brake on Your Killer T Cells
The same gene whose failure derails brain development in children sits like a brake on the CD8 T cells your body uses against chronic hepatitis B and cancer. Take the brake off in the lab, and their fate reroutes toward fighters that do not burn out.