Nature's photocopiers caught 'doodling'—scientists say it could revolutionize how DNA is written

New research has discovered that the molecular machines responsible for copying our DNA have a surprising hidden talent—an ...
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RNA-seq outperforms DNA methods in detecting actionable cancer mutations

Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto researchers are reporting that targeted RNA sequencing can detect clinically actionable alterations in 87% of tumors and provide decisive findings where DNA-seq ...

Two new fungi species uncovered in Australian herbarium using DNA sequencing

Scientists at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Australia have described two new species of fungi, Peziza austroechinospora and ...

DNA shape explains crucial gene-therapy challenges

CRISPR is a powerful DNA-editing tool that has underpinned huge advancements in human health care in the last decade. It is a ...
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Implementation of Next-Generation Sequencing in the Clinical Microbiology Lab

Next-generation sequencing (NGS), especially long-read DNA sequencing, is transforming infectious organism detection by ...
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DNA Methylation, Gene Expression, and Human Health

DNA can also be demethylated, either through passive or active processes. Passive DNA demethylation occurs when the methylation pattern is not replenished during DNA replication and gradually ...