One lab mines for microRNAs :The Scientist [2007-10-01]


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	By Melissa Lee Phillips

One lab mines for microRNAs On a wall in Thomas Tuschl's Rockefeller University lab hangs a huge painting created by a street artist. The large, bright figures wearing white lab coats and nametags are members of the Tuschl lab, circa 2004. In the background of the painting, drawings on a green chalkboard illustrate a simplified rendering of the RNA interference pathway. In a 15th floor lab overlooking the East River between