Sourcing some materials closer to home may be a good practice not only in the produce aisle but also the synthetic biology lab.

Seeking to minimize the use of components derived from viral sources, Rice University bioengineers developed a tool that activates silent or insufficiently expressed genes using human-derived proteins known as mechanosensitive transcription factors that naturally enable our cells to turn on specific genes in response to mechanical cues.

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[EurekAlert, 2023.10.9, https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1004161]