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Hard choices emerge as link between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare clotting disorder becomes clearer

... break apart and release their DNA, Greinacher says. Like heparin, DNA is negatively charged, which... An immune reaction to extracellular DNA is part of an... injury, Greinacher notes, and...
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Lighting the way to folding next-level origami

... scientists first attempted origami using DNA, proteins lend themselves more... 1 May 29, 2019 — DNA assembled into nanostructures such... someday find applications ranging from DNA computers to nanomedicine....
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Hilarious Twitter Meme Reminds People What Vaccination Does NOT Mean

... real dinosaurs cloned from dino DNA at no expense spared......
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Studies that make brainlike structures or add human cells to animal brains are ethical, for now, panel says

... germline editing, or altering the DNA of human embryos allowed......
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STING gene methylation allows melanoma to evade the immune system

... groups are added to the DNA regulatory regions of genes, ... experiments and discovered that the DNA regulatory region of the......
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Living fossils: Microbe discovered in evolutionary stasis for millions of years

... enzymes that create copies of DNA molecules, called DNA polymerases, are widely used... s a high demand for DNA polymerases that don t... enzymes may be useful for DNA...
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Early dispersal of neolithic domesticated sheep into the heart of central Asia

... — Researchers have analyzed ancient DNA from almost 300 individuals... whole genome analysis of ancient human DNA from Southeast Asia Study... ... June 19, 2017 — DNA found at archaeological...
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Studies that make brainlike structures or add human cells to animal brains are ethical, panel says

... germline editing, or altering the DNA of human embryos allowed......
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PNA-based technique an essential part of the gene editing toolkit

... sections of an organism s DNA and is considered a... with a donor strand of DNA is delivered directly to... molecules to open double stranded DNA at the site...
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Massive collapse of Atlantic cod didn’t leave evolutionary scars

... of Atlantic cod. They analyzed DNA from the scales and... started. The team then compared DNA from those samples with......
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Neanderthal ancestry identifies oldest modern human genome

Ancient DNA from Neandertals and early... around 2 to 3 Neandertal DNA. In modern human genomes, those Neandertal DNA segments became increasingly shorter... and the lack of genomic DNA,...
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Fetus in bishop s coffin was probably his grandson

... his coffin in Lund Cathedral. DNA from the bishop and... — Trying to find ancient DNA, let alone prove that the ancient DNA is ancestral to a......
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Eucalyptus trees can be genetically modified not to invade native ecosystems

... modifying plant reproduction with recombinant DNA methods, he said. It......
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Key brain molecule may play role in many brain disorders

... chemical modifications called CH methylations onto DNA, to silence genes in......
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Being top baboon costs males their longevity

... team analyzed chemical modifications to DNA known as DNA methylation marks. Since this... leave behind. advertisement We used DNA methylation to compare the......
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An artful study of cellular development in leaves

... carry oxygen, build tissue, copy DNA for the next generation, ......
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Mysterious nuclear speckle structures inside cells enhance gene activity, may help block cancers

... needed to copy out the DNA in genes into RNA... matchmaker, bringing together speckles and DNA containing these target genes... protein p53 brings speckles and DNA together to boost...
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Hidden diversity of coral more important for conservation than previously thought

In recent years, advancements in DNA sequencing have exposed a... to date, which involved obtaining DNA samples from more than... team also developed a rapid DNA test to be...
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Scientists discover new genetic disease that delays brain development in children

... and clinical geneticists, sequenced the DNA of affected patients and......
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How brain cells repair their DNA reveals hot spots of aging and disease

.. the ability to replicate their DNA, so they re constantly... serve as building blocks for DNA. These artificial nucleosides could be found via DNA sequencing and imaged, showing... them...