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Caption: This illustration represents the Saghatelian lab's method for finding genes known as small open reading frames (smORFs). The "microproteins" encoded by smORFs have been linked to immune function, cell stress and many other cellular processes, which suggests that detecting smORFs could lead scientists to new biomarkers and drug targets for human diseases.

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