Her team takes a comprehensive approach to study the molecular basis of hearing loss, using genetic, developmental, biochemical, cellular and bioinformatic tools.
Regardless of changes leading to a semantic containment mechanism in new organisms, any novel biochemical systems still has to undergo a toxicological screening.
The mushroom's resistance to heavy metal toxicity is conferred by a biochemical called a phytochelatinan oligopeptide whose production is induced after exposure to metal.
