Since the genetic code was first deciphered in the 1960s, our genes seemed like an open book. By reading and decoding our chromosomes as linear strings of letters, like sentences in a novel, we can identify the genes in our genome and learn why changes in a gene's code affect health.
Columbia University Irving Medical CenterAug 9 2024 Since the genetic code was first deciphered in the 1960s, our genes seemed like an open book. By reading and decoding our chromosomes as linear strings of letters, like sentences in a novel, we can identify the genes in our genome and learn why changes in a gene's code affect health.
It repeatedly left us in disbelief, and we went from doubt to amazement as the mechanism gradually came into view." Bacteria and their viruses have been locked in battle for eons, as viruses try to inject their DNA into the bacterial genome and bacteria devise cunning methods to defend themselves. Many bacterial defense mechanisms remain unexplored but could lead to new genome editing tools.
The researchers originally thought something might be wrong with their experiments, or that the enzyme was making a mistake and the DNA it created was meaningless. The lab is now using Tang's methods to look for human extrachromosomal genes produced by reverse transcriptases.
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