Gladstone Institute(Jobs) Scientists Identify Critical Gene Factor in Heart Development

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – March 29, 2007 -- Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) announced they have identified a critical genetic factor in the control of many aspects of heart form and function. As reported in the journal Cell, scientists in the lab of Deepak Srivastava, MD, have successfully deleted a genetic factor, called a microRNA, in animal models to understand the role it plays in cardiovascular differentiation and development. >>> Discuss This Story

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