Once the DNA is labeled at the 5′ end, a complementary tag can be added to the 3′ end by extension with a strand-displacing polymerase.

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From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's ...

Eggs and embryos from people with polycystic ovary syndrome have altered patterns of so-called epigenetic tags, which could ...

Using several distinct but complementary DNA repair assays, they confirmed that ZNF280A is important for repairing a DNA DSB. The researchers then initiated a collaboration with clinicians at the ...

Cells are constantly subjected to DNA damage from a range of internal and environmental sources. It is estimated that cells can experience as many as 100,000 DNA lesions per day. One of the most ...

Twenty-seven entreaties drafted and endorsed following discussions at the 50-year anniversary summit of the 1975 Asilomar ...

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We went behind the scenes to see how the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, is digitizing its entire collection and building a DNA library to help solve real-world ...