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Contact: Thania Benios
tbenios@rockefeller.edu
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Rockefeller University
Caption: In the outer layer of the skin, microRNA-203 helps build a tough protective barrier by repressing the activity of a molecule called p63 (red). When microRNA-203 can't stem p63's activity, cells proliferate (bottom) -- findings that may reveal new insights about cancer.
Credit: The Rockefeller University
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