October 16, 2007

Scientists discover Cell secrets

A team of researchers made up of staff from the Broad Institute of MIT, Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital have been working on the human code. However this is not as you would expect from DNA, rather it come from Chromatin, this surrounds DNA.

The scientists believe that within the Chromatin code there are special instructions for cells, these instructions tell the cell what it is going to be. This discovery could have some very interesting implications as it would lead to a greater understanding of how cells develop into tissue.

Naturally this research has a long way to go, but initial findings look promising.

Source [Cloning Resources]