The technique also helps scientists examine the effects of drugs on human kidney cells. (techtimes.com)
So the scientists inserted the taste genes into human kidney cells that were growing in dishes. (sciencenewsforstudents.org)
To upgrade their DNA «switches,» Wong and his colleagues steered clear of transcription factors and instead switched human kidney cell genes on and off using scissorlike enzymes that selectively cut out snippets of DNA. (sciencemag.org)