Episode about New RNA sequencing method reveals hidden layer of immune system control

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Scientists at University Medical Center Utrecht, using long-read RNA sequencing, mapped thousands of full-length messenger-RNA molecules inside human immune cells and discovered that, on encountering a pathogen signal, the cells rapidly switch which RNA splice variants they produce. These switches alter protein domains involved in signaling, surface-receptor tuning, and cytokine release—providing an additional, previously underappreciated layer of immune regulation beyond gene-expression levels

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