Complete human genome sequenced after 20 years
An international team of researchers claims to have sequenced the complete human genome, including areas which were missed in the original draft...
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Base-pair
A pair of complementary bases (chemical units that form DNA) in a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule.
In DNA, the base adenine (A) always pairs with thymine (T) and the base cytosine (C) always pairs with guanine (G).
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Base editing offers hope for child ageing disease
A type of genome editing had been used in mice to treat the symptoms of progeria, a fatal premature ageing disease in children...
Podcast Review: DNA and Me
This BBC podcast focuses on direct-to-consumer DNA tests and identity...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Faster cancer diagnosis achieved by new DNA sequencing method
A new DNA sequencing technique allows researchers to sequence only the regions of interest, enabling faster results...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
A Nobel for CRISPR genome editing — and for women scientists
The widespread approval of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is not just based on the enormous significance of the discovery, it is also because the award has been given to two women — the first time that this has happened for any Nobel prize...
'Single gene' condition risk influenced by genetic background
Disease risk, from single-gene variants, is influenced by the rest of the genome...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Event Review: Unravelling the Double Helix
So, you think Watson and Crick discovered DNA? I did too, until I attended a talk by Professor Gareth Williams at the Royal Institution, called 'Unravelling the Double Helix'...
Shark DNA may hold clues to human cancer treatment
Scientists who have decoded the great white shark genome for the first time may have uncovered clues which could help develop human cancer treatments...
A different CRISPR enzyme may make genome editing sharper
The key enzyme used in CRISPR genome editing has competition...
UC Berkeley to gain two US CRISPR patents
The US Patent and Trademark Office has decided to grant two new CRISPR patents to the University of California, Berkeley...