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Histone code series: H3K27me3 & H3K27ac functions & roles in diseases like DIPGHistone proteins such as histone H3 are often popping up in science writing and news sometimes includes specific modified forms of H3 including one that we scientists call H3K27me3. What is in this article What is H3K27me3? | The histone code | H3K27ac and H3K27me3 function | H3K27 and human disease | References…
Weekly reads: fibroblasts, gene-editing, Mitalipov, personhood, embryos
I have a soft spot for fibroblasts, perhaps because one of the first immortalized cell lines I ever grew was …
How brain organoids are transforming research
Organoids including brain organoids are an exciting, relatively new area of research. This technology is having a powerful impact on biomedical …
Weekly stem cell reads: space, plagiarism, HIV, diabetes, more
I took a cross-country road trip earlier this month that was pretty amazing and barely thought about stem cell research …
In big shift Dr. Robert Lanza exits Astellas
The recent news of Vertex Pharma buying small stem cell biotech ViaCyte and Doug Melton moving to Vertex brought to mind an …
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