A research team has discovered a new genetic target for potential therapy of sickle cell disease. The target, called an enhancer, controls a molecular switch in red blood cells called BCL11A that ...

More information: Inderpreet Sur et al, Shared requirement for MYC upstream super-enhancer region in tissue regeneration and cancer, Life Science Alliance (2025). DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202403090 ...

Thus, this potentially dangerous cancer-enhancer region is likely in the human genome to regulate airway formation as the human body forms. However, ...

University of Toronto (U of T) researchers have found that cancer cells can enhance tumor growth by hijacking enhancer DNA normally used when tissues and organs are formed. The mechanism, called ...