UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers discovered a method cells use to turn genes on and off that involves portions of proteins whose function has long been a mystery. The findings, reported in Cell, could lead to new ways of controlling gene regulation and may one day lead to new treatments for a broad array of diseases.
Research from Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern shows that metastatic kidney cancers rely heavily on mitochondrial metabolism. These findings are contrary to how tumors operate while still in the kidney.
