Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Mount Sinai Study Finds Defense Mechanism of Mammals Against Viruses Different Than That of Invertebrates

A new study conducted by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published in the journal Cell Reports has rejected the conclusions of prior studies showing that mammals and invertebrates have a similar defense mechanism against viruses. In the Mount Sinai study, the results found that the defense system used by invertebrates - RNA interferences or RNAi - is not used by mammals as some had argued. RNAi are small molecules that attach to molecular ...

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