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Isolation of a new gene family essential for early development

Researchers at BRIC, University of Copenhagen, have identified new gene family essential for embryonic development. The family controls the expression of genes crucial for stem cell differentiation, and the results may contribute significantly to the understanding of cancer development. The results are published in Nature, and it follows up on two other high-impact articles on related gene families published in Nature and Cell by the same researchers within the last year.

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