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1 week agoFemale mice grow testes after this single DNA tweak
A single letter change in DNA can cause female mouse embryos to develop male reproductive organs.
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how a specific transcription factor promotes genetic reprogramming and chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer cells, findings that may inform new targeted treatment approaches that inhibit this process and improve patient outcomes, according to a recent study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. Mazhar Adli, PhD, the Thomas J. Watkins Memorial Professor of Tumor Genomics, was senior author of the study.