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Blog / 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine: A Small World Revolution

October 15, 2024October 14, 2024 / Syed Masood /

Nature 1953, Watson and Crick publish “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid,” winning the race with researchers around the globe to first publish the structure…

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Blog / The Origin of DNA

February 20, 2024March 1, 2024 / Quinn Eberhard /

How genetic information has evolved and where it all began…

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Blog / DNA out of thin air: New study finds animal DNA in the airshed of a zoo.

March 31, 2022 / Haley Plaas /

A new study finds that DNA from nearby animals can be detected in airborne particles. This technology has the potential to enhance how researchers study endangered species in remote locations.

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Blog / The Science of Twins

October 21, 2021October 25, 2021 / Whitney Bell /

All about twins…from a twin!

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Blog / DNA fingerprinting as a tool for social justice

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 / Mckenzie Murvin /

DNA testing has been around since 1986, and since then 356 people have been exonerated of crimes they did not commit through the use of DNA evidence. How exactly can scientists visualize DNA in a way that is useful for a criminal investigation?

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Blog / Could we rewrite the instructions for life?

April 7, 2019April 19, 2019 / Bree Iskandar /

Every living thing on earth is made from a genetic sequence that contains four different nitrogenous bases – adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C) and thymine (T). You can think…

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Blog / The Science of Survivorship

October 26, 2018November 5, 2018 / Rashmi Kumar /

As a cancer researcher, I often wonder about patients after their ordeal with cancer. How does the body change after facing a life-threatening illness? Do cells in our body hold…

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Blog / Why Pharmaceutical Companies Care About Your Saliva

October 22, 2018October 29, 2018 / Gabrielle Budziszewski /

Earwax stickiness. Neanderthal ancestry. Caffeine metabolism. Tasting soap when you eat cilantro. Direct-to-consumer genotyping companies like 23andme boast this kind of information in exchange for a tube of your finest…

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Blog / The Science Behind Spitting for your At-home Genetic Test

March 6, 2018March 14, 2018 / Kelsey Miller / 1

Conjuring up two milliliters of spit after not eating/drinking 30 minutes prior doesn’t sound taxing, but give it a try, and you’ll quickly change your mind. Four years ago, I…

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