Genetic Code

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  AI-Powered Evo-2 Model Generates DNA, Advances Genome Research

  Evo-2, an AI model developed by the Arc Institute, Stanford University, and NVIDIA, has been trained on 128,000 genomes, enabling it to generate DNA sequences and predict mutations. It analyses both coding and non-coding DNA, helping researchers understand gene functions and diseases. The model has already demonstrated capabilities in designing CRI...

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  UK Researchers Cure Man Who Had Covid For 411 Days

  British researchers announced Friday they have cured a man who was continually infected with Covid for 411 days by analysing the genetic code of his particular virus to find the right treatment.

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  2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for CRISPR/Cas9 'Genetic Scissors'

  Two women scientists - Emmanuelle Charpentier, who is French, and American Jennifer Doudna - won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for creating genetic 'scissors' that can rewrite the code of life, contributing to new cancer therapies and holding out the prospect of curing hereditary diseases.

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  Google Doodle Honours Har Gobind Khorana On His 96th Birth Anniversary

  Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian American biochemist who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley for research that showed how the order of nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell, control the cell's synthesis of proteins. Dr Khorana and Dr Nirenberg were ...

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  Genetic Keys To Convert Skin Cells Into Red Blood Cells Found

  Researchers have successfully identified the four keys that unlock the genetic code of skin cells and reprogramme them to start producing red blood cells instead.

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  Britain Approves Controversial Gene-Editing Technique

  Britain's fertility regulator has approved a scientist's application to edit the human genetic code using a new technique that some fear crosses too many ethical boundaries.

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  Scientists Hope a Deadly Virus May Help Fight Brain Cancer

  People facing one of medicine's most dreaded diagnoses may someday have an unlikely source of hope: Injections that treat some types of brain cancer with part of a deadly tropical virus.

• Is Obesity a Genetic Disorder?

  In a new research, scientists have discovered that weight gain may have to do more with the genes linked to the digestive system than with appetite. People with fewer copies of a gene coding for a carbohydrates-digesting enzyme may be at higher risk of...

• From Punjab to MIT via Nobel prize - the extraordinary tale of Har Gobind Khorana

  Har Gobind Khorana, who rose from a childhood of poverty in India to become a biochemist and share in a Nobel Prize for his role in deciphering the genetic code, died on Wednesday in Concord, Massachusetts. He was 89. His death was announced by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where Dr Khorana was a professor emeritus.

• Cracking the cancer code

  In what could revolutionise cancer care, scientists have unlocked the entire genetic code of two of the most common cancers - skin and lung.

• Human DNA is still a mystery

  Despite the many advances of medical science in decoding human genes, the genetic code still remains a mystery.