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Plasticity, Nature
 









Excerpt: Plasticity refers to the capacity of organisms or cells to alter their
phenotype in response to changes in their environment. This property can be
studied at the level of the genome (by analysing epigenetic modifications), the
individual cell, and the organism (during development of the embryo or changes
in behaviour in adults, for example).  In contrast to previously held views,
recent studies show that cells are remarkably plastic. Revealing the molecular
and cellular mechanisms that underlie this plasticity is a dynamic area of
biology and one that holds great promise for developing new therapies.
Source: Plasticity[ http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/465703a ], Magdalena Skipper,
Ursula Weiss & Noah Gray, DOI: 10.1038/465703a, Nature 465, 703, 2010/06/10

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