James Watson, Nobel prize-winning DNA pioneer, dies
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Scientists from Oxford's Radcliffe Department of Medicine have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and functions inside living cells, revealing the physical structures that control when and how genes are switched on.
A few years ago, I spat into a plastic tube, hoping to learn more about my ancestry. I didn't expect it would lead to me becoming a citizen of New Zealand. But I am just one of more than 40 million people to have taken DNA tests, often uncovering more than ...
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'Junk' DNA Could Be Recruited to Destroy Cancer Cells From Within
An international team led by researchers from King's College London (KCL) has now found that stubbornly persistent blood cancers can 'wake up' TEs as part of the mechanisms that lead to cancer cells going awry – and that this same activity could potentially be targeted to shut the cancers down.
Cold-activated DNA repair protein in bowhead whales boosts longevity and radiation resistance in lab tests, say media reports - Anadolu Ajansı
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