With generative AI, chemists quickly calculate 3D genomic structures
Every cell in your body contains the same genetic sequence, yet each cell expresses only a subset of those genes. These ...
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Exonuclease action of replicative polymerase gamma drives damage-induced mitochondrial DNA clearance
How cells respond to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) damage is not fully understood. This study uncovers a mechanism of mtDNA ...
Scientists Just Found DNA’s Building Blocks in Asteroid Bennu – Could This Explain Life’s Origins?
Japanese scientists detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu ...
NASA's Bennu samples contain life's building blocks, including amino acids and DNA/RNA nucleobases
Samples contain all five nucleobases of DNA and RNA, supporting theory that asteroids may have seeded Earth with life's ...
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How do DNA tests tell if two people are related?
How can DNA from a cheek swab determine if someone is closely related to you? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. DNA tests can ...
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Jumping ‘Numts’ from Mitochondria Can Be Fast and Deadly
A piece of genetic code from another chromosome, or even from a virus, can embed itself into the DNA chain, changing how it—and we—function. In 2024, however, Weichen (Arthur) Zhou and Ryan ...