Thursday, July 12, 2007

Cells take risks with their identities

Source: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Date: July 12, 2007

Summary:

Biologists have long thought that a simple on/off switch controls most genes in human cells. Flip the switch and a cell starts or stops producing a particular protein. But new evidence suggests that this model is too simple and that our genes are more ready for action than previously thought.