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A 'Junk DNA' Mutation That Prevents a Disease
Only around two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, and while those proteins carry out many important functions ...
Molecular Mystery Solved: “Useless” RNA Segments Actually Help Cells Fight Stress
This study is the first to demonstrate that certain tRNA introns influence gene expression. Scientists have discovered that ...
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The Poetry Fan Who Taught an LLM to Read and Write DNA
By treating DNA as a language, Brian Hie’s “ChatGPT for genomes” could pick up patterns that humans can’t see, accelerating ...
Scientists Unveil Worms’ Hidden Chemistry – A Breakthrough in Evolutionary Biology
Nematodes have oily surfaces that impact survival and interactions, offering insights into evolution and parasite control. A ...
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Beyond DNA: How environments influence biology to make things happen
This week at AAAS, PNNL scientists and colleagues discuss phenomics, exposomics, and the factors that influence DNA ...
Water molecules help proteins read the human genome, research reveals
In a study published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, scientists from the Department of Medical Biochemistry and ...
In vitro reconstitution of meiotic DNA double-strand breaks: A long-standing challenge solved
In a study published in Nature, researchers report the successful in vitro reconstitution of meiotic DNA double-strand breaks ...
BioTechniques10d
The biotech bi-weekly: redefining molecular precision with circular dichroism microspectroscopy and enhancing in silico drug discovery
By fusing circular dichroism with high-resolution microspectroscopy and microscopic imaging, this cutting-edge technology is ...