Gene Copies to Be Studied

New research institution of Russian academy of sciences will study gene copies among other things.

Recently established Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology of Siberian branch of Russian academy of sciences lists genetic engineering among other research topics. Some laboratories deal with animal genomes, because this work is interesting and promising for the mankind. Some mammals. For instance, have so-called accessory chromosomes, also known as B-chromosomes, and no one knew why. Now researchers known, that these B-chromosomes carry copies of very important genes, which can be damaged on main chromosomes.

The Institute also deals with genetic therapy, which is replacing incorrectly working genes with their correctly working artificial copies. Scientists will try to introduce correctly working genes into B-chromosomes, because trying to insert a gene directly into genome often results in misplacements, which, in their turn, may lead to additional problems with health.

Via : russia-ic.com