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Bringing RNA into genomics
Read more: Bringing RNA into genomicsENCODE consortium identifies RNA sequences that are involved in regulating gene expression. The human genome contains about 20,000 protein-coding genes, but the coding parts of our genes account for only about 2 percent of the entire genome. For the past two decades, scientists have been trying to find out what the other 98 percent…
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3 Questions: Ibrahim Cissé on using physics to decipher biology
Read more: 3 Questions: Ibrahim Cissé on using physics to decipher biologyA biophysicist employs super-resolution microscopy to peer inside living cells and witness never-before-seen phenomena How do cells use physics to carry out biological processes? Biophysicist Ibrahim Cissé explores…
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Engineers use “DNA origami” to identify design rules
Read more: Engineers use “DNA origami” to identify design rulesIn lab tests, virus-like DNA structures coated with viral proteins provoke a strong immune response in human B cells. By folding DNA into a virus-like structure, MIT researchers have designed HIV-like particles that provoke a strong immune response from human immune cells grown in a lab dish. Such particles might eventually be used as…
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