Codon

JULY 11, 2023

That’s because proteins are made, in the laboratory, using synthetic DNA and cells; and DNA is expensive. Our machine would make proteins without using any DNA or cells. All cells make proteins in two steps: DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA, which is then translated into protein.

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The Open Targets Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Since the operations at ‘Station X’ became declassified, the wartime work at Bletchley Park including notable individuals such as Alan Turing has become well known in popular films and books. Only later were the first computers established to automate intelligence gathering.

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Codon

MARCH 12, 2023

Notes on Progress is a monthly roundup of papers and ideas about biology and the future. “The recombinant DNA breakthrough has provided us with a new and powerful approach to the questions that have intrigued and plagued man for centuries. Biology is a Burrito. A new base editor to edit mitochondrial DNA.

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Codon

APRIL 2, 2024

in physics at Princeton University, he had a remarkable idea: What if it were possible to build a circuit out of DNA, rather than electronics, and use it to “program” a living cell? So many kinds of people have contributed to biology in different ways. In 1997, as Michael Elowitz was studying for a Ph.D.

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Codon

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

I’ve chosen these two because I think they are the linchpin by which we’ll be able to build broadly useful AI models for cell and molecular biology. Synthesizing a single human protein-coding gene costs several hundred dollars and even a simple PCR machine (used for amplifying DNA) costs between $1,500 and $50,000.

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Codon

AUGUST 10, 2023

Journal of Molecular Biology (1961). Technologies DNA Sequencing →DNA sequencing at 40: past, present and future , by Shendure J. Link DNA Cost and Productivity Data, aka "Carlson Curves" , by Carlson R. Link Next-Generation DNA Sequencing Methods , by Mardis E.R. . & Xie X.S. Nature (2011).

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Codon

AUGUST 10, 2023

Journal of Molecular Biology (1961). Technologies DNA Sequencing →DNA sequencing at 40: past, present and future , by Shendure J. Link DNA Cost and Productivity Data, aka "Carlson Curves" , by Carlson R. Link Next-Generation DNA Sequencing Methods , by Mardis E.R. . & Xie X.S. Nature (2011).

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Codon

DECEMBER 1, 2024

By Matthew Cobb The Central Dogma is a linchpin for understanding how cells work, and yet it is one of the most widely misunderstood concepts in molecular biology. Many students are taught that the Central Dogma is simply “DNA → RNA → protein.”

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