HEALTH MANAGEMENT. ' TF beacons to illuminate way to the new Oncology tests and drugs

Scientists report development a long control desired new way that the activity of genes in the way are action to detect, which bind to the DNA in genes, proteins, cells, which normally cause everything from growing cancer often. Your report is in the journal of the American Chemical Society.
Kevin Plaxco, Francesco Ricci and colleagues found that more than 10 percent of the 25,000-30,000 instructions contain genes in the human body for this so called DNA-binding proteins. Most of these proteins are known as master regulators transcription factors (TFs). You start or stop the first step in this process, in which genes statements into action are implemented. TFs bind to DNA and genes, enable or disable. Understanding and measuring the activity of TFs is important, because they are involved with many in connection with cancer, health and disease, for example. With existing possibilities the activity of TFs is slow and cumbersome to recognize scientists, stated that barrier to overcome.
The scientists describe, development and successful testing fluorescent sensors, that they term "transcription factor lighthouses." The lamps signal the activity and the concentration of TFs directly in biological samples by moving from a dark State to a fluorescent State on binding on their specific TF. With TF beacons works easier and faster than current methods, and scientists say TF beacons of various applications in cancer, the search for new cancer drugs and other areas can have.

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