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Nuclear DNA influences variation in mitochondrial DNA

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Nuclear DNA influences variation in mitochondrial DNA By Allessandra DiCorato August 16, 2023 Breadcrumb Home Nuclear DNA influences variation in mitochondrial DNA Whole genomes from hundreds of thousands of people reveal new complexity in how the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes interact, which may influence how cells produce energy.

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Machine learning guides researchers to new synthetic genetic switches

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That is in part because of the ongoing challenge of understanding the DNA switches, called cis-regulatory elements (CREs), that control the expression and repression of genes. CREs themselves are not part of genes, but are separate, regulatory DNA sequences – often located near the genes they control. In a paper published in Oct.

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A surprising new role for a major immune regulator

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A surprising new role for a major immune regulator By Tom Ulrich August 7, 2023 Breadcrumb Home A surprising new role for a major immune regulator By Anne Trafton, MIT News August 7, 2023 Credit: RCSB Protein Data Bank A model of the human STING protein. Paper Cited Liu B, Carlson R, et al. Human STING is a proton channel.

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Logistics in Focus: Orchestrating the Challenges of Cell Therapy

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For example, once considered incurable and terminal, patients with sickle cell disease may reach new summits in their lives with gene editing technologies such as CRISPR to repair affected DNA and, in some cases, functionally cure the condition. These advanced therapeutics harness the power of molecular biology to improve human health.

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Scaling Phage Therapy

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Regulators traditionally want to see a single, stable, well-characterized drug before giving the green light for it to be tested in a clinical trial, not dozens of different viruses; let alone ones that are best found in unappealing places like sewage , hospital waste, or bird poop.

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Meet the Flower Designer Who Built a Laboratory In His Home

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I use it to transform—or push DNA into—plant cells. If a company sends me DNA, I can send them back ten engineered plants for a low price, provided they also pay for the APHIS permit to allow me to ship them across state lines. I mean, how did people do molecular biology fifty or one hundred years ago?

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Breaking the Speed Limit on Cell Division

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However, they plod along as they clone plasmids—the loops of DNA that biologists use to manipulate and study organisms—because propagating them relies, in part, on the pace at which cells grow and divide. Most medicines, including insulin and semaglutide (the weight loss drug), are made using DNA cloning. However, E.

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