Researchers trace genetic code's origins to early protein structures

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make ...
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Dipeptides reveal clues to the origin of life’s instructions

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function.
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Tracing Evolutionary Roots of the Genetic Code

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function.

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 ...
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Uptake of DNA fragments from dying cells could redefine mammalian evolution and genomics

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material in a process called horizontal gene transfer.
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Gene Therapy Tackles Huntington’s Progress in Landmark Trial. “This Changes Everything”

Huntington’s is caused by a single error in our DNA, a “typo” in a gene responsible for creating a protein called huntingtin.
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Genetics: How do we inherit traits from our ancestors?

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

Genetic tests for cancer can give uncertain results: new science is making the picture clearer to guide treatment

Functional genomics, which is seeing how genetic variants behave in biological systems through genetic testing, is offering new hope for African cancer patients.