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Cosmic Rays May Have Given Life Its ShapeBefore there were animals, bacteria or even DNA on Earth, self-replicating molecules were slowly evolving their way from simple matter… |
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Decoding Junk DNAIn recent years, epigenetics — the term for the regulatory mechanism that alters a chromosome without changing its underlying DNA… |
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CRISPR-CasCRISPR-Cas genome editing technology is a simpler, more precise tool for making specific changes to a cell’s DNA, which can help… |
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Gene therapyGene therapies typically involve the introduction of genetic material into target cells to replace or supplement an existing, usually dysfunctional,… |
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Identifying rage cells in miceResearcher Dayu Lin is working to identify the specific brain cells tied to aggression in mice. Dr. Lin and her colleagues… |
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Epigenetics primerEpigenetic events regulate the activities of genes without changing the DNA sequence. Different genes are expressed depending on the methyl-marks… |
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Sequencing ancient DNARevolutionary new methods for extracting, purifying, and sequencing ever-more-ancient DNA that have opened an unprecedented window into the history of… |
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Designer yeast chromosomeRapid advances in DNA synthesis techniques have made it possible to engineer viruses, biochemical pathways and assemble bacterial genomes. Researchers at… |