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In a study published online on October 24 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Einstein researchers, led by Robert Singer, Ph.D., describe the mechanism by which messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules travel from one cell to another: via extensions called membrane nanotubes that form when cells are in direct contact with each other. mRNA transfer from cell to cell could influence processes such as tissue development and cellular response to stress. Dr. Singer is professor and co-chair of anatomy & structural biology, as well as co-director of the Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center and of the Integrated Imaging Program. He also is professor in the Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience and of cell biology and the Harold and Muriel Block Chair in anatomy & structural biology. Gal Haimovich, the study’s lead author, was a Gruss Lipper Postdoctoral Fellow at Einstein when the research was conducted.
Posted on: Wednesday, December 27, 2017