All kinds of different cell types originate from one cell originally, says Shelly Berger of U Penn. So, the turning on of certain genes to lead to a brain cell or a skin cell or a liver cell is importantAnd so you can imagine that the loss of that information, when it goes awry, could lead to so
Pollution, radiation, bad diet, lack of exercise, and other stressors can damage both DNA and epigenetic mechanisms. Shelly Berger and colleagues are studying a therapy for nerve cells, using an unspooling enzyme called Acetyl Co A synthetase. That leads to turning on genes that are involved in lea
researchers published a paper claiming to have improved vision in mice suffering from glaucoma, using Yamanaka factors to give damaged optic nerve cells regenerative ability. They claimed similar results in individual human cells. Thats a nice paper, says Shelly Berger, who was not involved in it.
