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Not all neoantigens are created equal

Drug Target Review

During the process of transformation from a normal cell into a cancer cell, a cell acquires a series of changes, or mutations, in its DNA. But DNA mutations can also result in changes to the proteins that are displayed on the surface of the cancer cell. These mutations are called clonal mutations or clonal neoantigens.

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Can Global Genomic Surveillance Forecast the Next Pandemic?

PLOS: DNA Science

Many of the links below are to some of the 100+ DNA Science posts that I wrote during the pandemic. A Novel Virus Appears In retrospect, everything unfolded with astonishing speed. Whenever and wherever the virus emerged, CDC officially alerted clinicians to the new, deadly respiratory illness on January 8, 2020.

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Defense-Forward Biosecurity

Codon

Allison Berke makes the case for real-time DNA sequencing and AI tools to detect pathogens before they spread widely. Reading DNA The first step in detecting a novel pathogen is recognizing it as an anomaly amidst a noisy background of other material. After copying the DNA to form a big pool, each piece is sequenced.

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Scientists discover new antiviral defense system in bacteria

Broad Institute

It’s been very exciting to integrate genetics, bioinformatics, biochemistry, and structural biology approaches in one study to understand this fascinating molecular system.” Most known bacterial defense systems work by sensing viral DNA or RNA, or cellular stress due to the infection. The finding was striking and unprecedented.

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Monkey Embryos Grow to 25 Days — No Womb Required

Codon

3/ Prime Editing Spree Prime editors can change DNA in ways that Cas9 — and even base editors — cannot. Known as a "search-and-replace" gene-editing tool, prime editors can delete or replace DNA up to 10,000 bases in length, or substitute one base for another. Read more in Cell. ( #1 , #2 ) (Video credit: Gong Y.

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Monkey Embryos Grow to 25 Days — No Womb Required

Codon

3/ Prime Editing Spree Prime editors can change DNA in ways that Cas9 — and even base editors — cannot. Known as a "search-and-replace" gene-editing tool, prime editors can delete or replace DNA up to 10,000 bases in length, or substitute one base for another. Read more in Cell. ( #1 , #2 ) (Video credit: Gong Y.

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Tackling the Challenges of Limited Resources During a Pandemic

The Pharma Data

Bioinformatics in the Faculty. DNA biomarker services in an accredited environment. Ghent University Hospital for SARS-CoV-2 virus screening. study RNA virus replication and virus-host interactions and in particular the use of single-cell proteomics to aid in this research. Vandesompele is a research. therapeutics.