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DNA template could explain evolutionary shifts
Jun 21, 2009 |
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Rearrangements of all sizes in genomes, genes and exons can result from a glitch in DNA copying that occurs when the process stalls at a critical point and then shifts to a different genetic template, duplicating and even ...
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Scientists see DNA get 'sunburned' for the first time
Feb 01, 2007 |
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For the first time, scientists have observed DNA being damaged by ultraviolet (UV) light. Ohio State University chemists and their colleagues in Germany used a special technique to watch strands of DNA in the laboratory sustain ...
Autism risk higher in people with gene variant
Jan 10, 2008 |
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Scientists have found a variation in a gene that may raise the risk of developing autism, especially when the variant is inherited from mothers rather than fathers. The research was funded by the National Institute of Mental ...
Unraveling the physics of DNA's double helix
Jul 12, 2007 |
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Researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have uncovered a missing link in scientists' understanding of the physical forces that give DNA its famous double helix shape.
'Pinball protons' created by ultraviolet rays and other causes can lead to DNA damage
May 17, 2006 |
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Researchers have known for years that damaged DNA can lead to human diseases such as cancer, but how damage occurs--and what causes it--has remained less clear.
Team led by Scripps research scientists finds new way that cells fix damage to DNA
Jun 10, 2009 |
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A team of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has discovered a new way by which DNA repairs itself, a process that is critical to the protection of the genome, and integral to prevention of ...
Misreading of damaged DNA may spur tumor formation
Nov 20, 2008 |
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The DNA in our cells is constantly under assault from oxygen, the sun's radiation and environmental stresses. Most of the time, our cells can repair the damage before it gets copied into a permanent mutation that could lead ...
Chemists create new polymers by adding DNA base pairs
Sep 12, 2006 |
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Chemists at Virginia Tech are creating new polymers by adding DNA base pairs. Attributes include improved stretchable behavior and self-healing polymer films and coatings.
DNA size a crucial factor in genetic mutations, study finds
Oct 26, 2005 |
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Researchers at Stanford University have created a larger-than-normal DNA molecule that is copied almost as efficiently as natural DNA. The findings, reported in the Oct. 25 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Ac ...
Bacteria have their own immune system protecting against outside DNA
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Jun 08, 2006 |
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Bacteria like Salmonella have a complicated immune system that helps them recognize and isolate foreign DNA trying to invade their cell membrane, according to a University of Washington-led study in the June 8 issue of Science Ex ...
Covering the bases: Quantum effect may hold promise for low-cost DNA sequencing, sensor applications
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Mar 22, 2009 |
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A ghostly property of matter, called quantum tunneling, may aid the quest for accurate, low-cost genomic sequencing, according to a new paper in Nature Nanotechnology Letters by Stuart Lindsay and his collab ...
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