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Store DNA from plants around the world
New York Botanical Garden may be best known for its blooming flowers, but garden researchers are working hard to capture DNA from thousands of plants around the world.
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First explore the electrical structure of DNA
Using a combination of low-temperature measurement technology and theoretical calculations, scientists at Jerusalem Jewish University and colleagues pioneered in finding…
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Create human embryos containing DNA from 2 women & 1 man
British scientists have created human embryos containing DNA from 2 women and 1 man, a potentially progressive process to prevent cases such as epilepsy, diabetes and he…
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'Barcode' DNA used in plant identification
A gene 'barcode' can be used to classify most of the species of plants on Earth that have just been identified. This gene can be used to distinguish plants with only a s…
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Will map DNA of 1000 people
Any two people will have 99% homologous genomes. But the remaining 1% of the small differences are
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Genetic modification, even small, has great consequences
A study by researchers at McGill University found that small differences in DNA sequences in individuals could cause a major contrast in gene synthesis of genes, leading…
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For the first time, the bacterial gene was created - the largest chemical structure synthesized in a laboratory
The team of 17 people from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has just created the largest artificial DNA ever by synthesizing and assembling 582,970 base pairs of a b…
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Controversy about the presence of microscopic life forms
US scientists have found that in calcified arteries, there are spheres of less than one fifth of the smallest creature. They think it is also a form of life. Exist or no…
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Appearance can identify stem cells
But scientists in the lab of Whitehead Member Rudolf Jaenisch did not need to use genetic markers in their latest experiments, because the results were easy to see.
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Decipher the mystery of bacteria living half a million years
Scientists claim to have found the mystery
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Magnetic tweezers shed light on the mechanical properties of cells
By inserting tiny magnetic particles into a living cell and activating them with a magnetic tweezers, scientists at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, have a bet…
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Save data in ... DNA of bacteria
Today, data can be stored on floppy disks, computer chips, hard drives and, of course, papers. However, scientists have found a new, smaller storage medium but the stami…
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Korea: successful mirror wolf
On March 26, Korean scientists from Seoul National University announced the first successful replication of the world's first wolf. This is considered a big step forward…
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Termite is a species of social cockroach
British scientists claim they have the strongest evidence so far that termites actually belong to the cockroach family. The study examined the DNA sequence of five genes…
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'New weapon' to decode DNA patterns
British police are experimenting with a new technology that can help decipher mysterious DNA patterns so far and solve thousands of cases that have yet to find a solutio…