Searching for useful proteins in the DNA junk heap.

Searching for useful proteins in the DNA junk heap. “In their search for a new obesity treatment strategy, researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California have used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology to closely examine an understudied class of molecules once thought to be junk: microproteins. They’ve presented their findings in a recently published study.” ~ learn more