A type of chromosome rearrangement in which a section of chromosome is removed, turned upside down, and reinserted back into its place in the chromosome.
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Image by Matthew Daniels via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts human cells, showing the stages of cell division.
A CRISPR-based treatment for sickle cell disease is one step closer to approval after an advisory committee for the US Food and Drug Administration met to review its safety...
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 new study, published in the journal Nature, has mapped the genome of eight individuals and revealed large regions of genetic variability. An international collaboration led by Evan Eichler at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute compared the genome of four African, two Asian, and two European individual...
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