Monday, October 20, 2008
Sea Urchins' Genetics Add To Knowledge Of Cancer, Alzheimer's And Infertility
March 1, 2007 — Researchers are using the sea urchins to study and understand diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy. Although they are invertebrates, the creatures share a common ancestor with humans and have more than 7,000 of the same genes. With a complete map of their DNA, scientists can lear
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