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Reports outline life sciences research from Washington University, Medical Department

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, August 21st, 2008

"MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short noncoding RNAs that are involved in the regulation of thousands of gene targets. Recent studies indicate that miRNAs are likely to be master regulators of many important biological processes," investigators in the United States report.

"Due to their functional importance, miRNAs are under intense study at present, and many studies have been published in recent years on miRNA functional characterization. The rapid accumulation of miRNA knowledge makes it challenging to properly organize and present miRNA function data. Although several miRNA functional databases have been developed recently, this remains a major bioinformatics challenge to...

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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2008-08-21)

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