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DNA shape and stiffness steer key gene regulators

For decades, biologists treated DNA as a static string of letters, a linear code that cells read like text on a page. A new ...
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Region in genome newly identified as mutation-prone part of human DNA

Previously overlooked regions at the start of human genes have been shown to accumulate mutations far more often than would ...
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Here's What DNA Really Looks Like

There’s more to dna than just the double helix we know and love: under some conditions this familiar molecule can take on ...

New mutation hotspot discovered in human genome

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of ...

DNA transcription is a tightly choreographed event: How RNA polymerase II regulates the dance

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...
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Bivalent mRNA booster encoding virus-like particles elicits potent polyclass RBD antibodies in pre-vaccinated mice

This report provides useful evidence that EABR mRNA is at least as effective as standard S mRNA vaccines for the SARS-CoV-2 booster vaccine. Although the methodology and the experimental approaches ...

James Watson, Nobel Prize-winning biologist who discovered the structure of DNA with Francis Crick

He chronicled the search for ‘the secret of life’ in his bestseller The Double Helix but damaged his career with his ...