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This Common Artificial Sweetener Can Break Down DNA, Scientists Warn

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

According to a new study, it’s also capable of damaging the DNA material inside our cells. As DNA holds the genetic code controlling how our bodies grow and are maintained, that’s a serious problem that […]

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Tome Biosciences debuts with $213M and a new way to edit the genome

Bio Pharma Dive

Based on the work of MIT scientists, the well-funded startup is developing ways to insert large sizes of genetic material anywhere in the genome without damaging or breaking DNA.

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New threat to privacy? Scientists sound alarm about DNA tool

Medical Xpress

The traces of genetic material that humans constantly shed wherever they go could soon be used to track individual people, or even whole ethnic groups, scientists said on Monday, warning of a looming "ethical quagmire".

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UK scientists say they have found cancer driver in junk DNA

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It has suspected for many years that some diseases may be linked to non-coding or ‘junk’ DNA, but the mechanism behind the pathology hasn’t been worked out. Now, scientists in the UK think they have found a culprit implicated in cancer.

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DNA project gives scientists diverse genome for comparison

Medical Xpress

For two decades, scientists have been comparing every person's full set of DNA they study to a template that relies mostly on genetic material from one man affectionately known as "the guy from Buffalo."

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STAT+: CRISPR pioneer Feng Zhang launches new genetic delivery startup with $193 million

STAT News

Zhang, one of the leading scientists in the groundbreaking field of genetic editing, had reached out two days prior to discuss a new company he was working on. Akin Akinc was scouring his email spam box last summer, looking for a missing message, when he stumbled across an unexpected email from a quite recognizable name: Feng Zhang.

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Japanese-European research team discovers novel genetic mitochondrial disorder

Scienmag

Team of Japanese and European scientists identify a novel genetic mitochondrial disorder by analyzing DNA samples from three distinct families Credit: Fujita Health University DNA ligase proteins, which facilitate the formation of bonds between separate strands of DNA, play critical roles in the replication and maintenance of DNA.

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