All DNA articles – Page 5
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Research
Speedy DNA nanomachines are on a roll
First DNA-based roller is 1000 times faster than current DNA motors
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Research
Hitching a ride on DNA
PCR primers rapidly reach their binding site with the help of a DNA gliding technique
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News
Live blog: Unravelling DNA repair mechanisms takes chemistry Nobel
Keep up with the latest news and gossip on the Nobel prize
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News
DNA repair research takes the 2015 chemistry Nobel
Recipients discovered how cells can patch up damaged DNA
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Feature
Oligonucleotide drugs step up
Structural innovations are overcoming oligonucleotide drugs’ historical flaws, discovers Andy Extance
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Research
DNA inspires smart phospholipids
Liposomes made from synthetic nucleoside phospholipids could benefit drug delivery
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Research
Computational chemists unpick adenine–thymine bias
Quantum insights into mechanisms behind tautomer-driven DNA evolution
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Pattern reactions driven by DNA strands
Waves of self-catalysing chemical reactions can be controlled using short strands of DNA
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Exploiting the chirality of DNA
DNA covalently bound to cellulose offers new perspectives in asymmetric catalysis
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Feature
DNA gets with the program
Molecular computing systems could improve disease diagnosis – and even hack living cells, finds Andy Extance
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Research
Protein mutant libraries to probe diseases' genetic link quickly and cheaply
More than 90% of the potential individual amino acid mutations possible introduced into cancer-linked protein
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News
Myriad loses appeal on cancer gene test patents
US appeals court rules that biotechnology company cannot block competitor’s breast cancer tests
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Research
DNA survives extreme heat of rocket re-entry
Discovery might spell trouble for extraterrestrial life hunters faced with terrestrial contamination problems
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Research
DNA 'barcodes' used to track food
Milk has been successfully tracked as it is turned into cheese and yogurt in an advance that could fight food fraud
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Opinion
Is junk DNA all garbage?
A brouhaha in biology shows that uncovering what we don’t know is more important than arguments about what we do, says Philip Ball
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Business
Novartis enhances its focus with eyecare deal
Swiss firm buys rights to wet AMD drug from Ophthotech for up to $1bn
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Opinion
It's life, but not as we know it
A living cell that uses artificial bases in its DNA heralds a profound development for chemistry, says Mark Peplow