When cells' tiny differences have far-reaching implications - MIT News

Alex K. Shalek, an MIT associate professor of chemistry, uses technologies such as single-cell RNA-sequencing to analyze differences in gene expression patterns of individual cells, and to figure out how each cell contributes to the function of a tissue or or…

Within a given tissue or organ, cells may appear very similar or even identical. But at the molecular level, these cells can have small differences that lead to wide variations in their functions. A… [+7278 chars]

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