During Larry Nassar's sexual abuse trial and sentencing, victims' harrowing stories have brought to light Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a condition that is common among gymnasts, but poorly understood.
A mechanism by which different forms of mature mRNAs are generated from the same gene. Alternative splicing is a regulatory mechanism by which variations in the incorporation of the exons, or coding regions, into mRNA leads to the production of more than one related protein, or isoform. RNA interference.
RICHARD JORGENSEN: And because there's no purple pigment produced, the flowers will be white. ROBERT KRULWICH: And that's how Rich and his petunias helped discover what we now call RNAi. ERIC LANDER: RNAi means RNA interference, because the Cop is interfering with RNA messages, with the recipes in the cell. ROBERT KRULWICH: And when scientists realized that every plant and animal cell has RNAiâa way to turn off the recipes, turn off genesâthey thought, Hmm, maybe we can use these Cops to work for us..