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Monday, June 4, 2012

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News


Rewriting DNA to understand what it says

Posted: 31 May 2012 07:22 AM PDT

Our ability to "read" DNA has made tremendous progress in the past few decades, but the ability to understand and alter the genetic code, that is, to "rewrite" the DNA-encoded instructions, has lagged behind. A new study advances our understanding of the genetic code: It proposes a way of effectively introducing numerous carefully planned DNA segments into genomes of living cells and of testing the effects of these changes. New technology speeds up DNA "rewriting" and measures the effects of the changes in living cells.

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