Artificial Genes Help Understand How Cells Learn Their Location in the Body - Technology Networks

<i>Hox</i> genes are responsible for ensuring cells learn and remember their location in the body, and new synthetic DNA technology has enabled researchers to create artificial versions to understand how they work.

Researchers at New York University have created artificial Hox geneswhich plan and direct where cells go to develop tissues or organsusing new synthetic DNA technology and genomic engineering in stem… [+4671 chars]

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