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The universal genetic code, used by nearly all living organisms may be in need of a rewrite
The genetic code, a universal blueprint for life, governs how DNA and RNA sequences translate into proteins. While its ...
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Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform—from bacteria to blue whales—shares the same genetic code. How and ...
Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform – from bacteria to blue whales – shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific ...
Researchers at the University of Alberta have uncovered what they say has been the missing puzzle piece ever since the genetic code was first cracked. "Sixty years ago, scientists started to work on ...
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Bridge recombinases, optimized for human cells, enable massive programmable DNA rearrangements
For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in ...
Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor. True to its name, this prokaryote-like organism represents the ancestor of ...
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