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Awareness and Utilization of Genetic Testing among Hispanic/Latino Adults Living in the US: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos
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Awareness and Utilization of Genetic Testing among Hispanic/Latino Adults Living in the US: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

Awareness and Utilization of Genetic Testing among Hispanic/Latino Adults Living in the US: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

Nov 21, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Nanostructures with improved stability for the development of more effective cancer nanomedicine
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Nanostructures with improved stability for the development of more effective cancer nanomedicine

Most drugs used today have only one mechanism of action and it is both difficult and expensive to manufacture drugs with multiple functions. Researchers …

Apr 20, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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AF2Complex: Researchers leverage deep learning to predict physical interactions of protein complexes
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AF2Complex: Researchers leverage deep learning to predict physical interactions of protein complexes

Proteins are the molecular machinery that makes life possible, and researchers have long been interested in a key trait of protein function: their three-dimensional …

Apr 18, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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DNA discovery reveals a critical 'accordion effect' for switching off genes
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DNA discovery reveals a critical 'accordion effect' for switching off genes

Researchers have revealed how an 'accordion effect' is critical to switching off genes, in a study that transforms the fundamentals of what we know …

Apr 5, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Complete human genome deciphered for the first time
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Complete human genome deciphered for the first time

Twenty years after scientists first reported reading the human genome, the Telomere-to-Telomere consortium has now unveiled a complete version. Their work uncovered hundreds of …

Apr 1, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Researchers generate the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome
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Researchers generate the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome

Scientists have published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced the first draft human …

Apr 1, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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First complete human genome poised to strengthen genetic analysis, study shows
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First complete human genome poised to strengthen genetic analysis, study shows

Alongside the newly updated human genome, which fills in long-standing gaps to fully spell out the more than 3 billion letters that compose our …

Apr 1, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Study shows that RNA can be targeted by small molecule drugs, creating new possibilities for disease treatment
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Study shows that RNA can be targeted by small molecule drugs, creating new possibilities for disease treatment

Until now, proteins have been the target of most medications for the prevention and treatment of human disease. Drug developers have perceived RNA to …

Mar 31, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Researchers expand target range of CRISPR/Cas Systems
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Researchers expand target range of CRISPR/Cas Systems

Researchers have created a genome editing technology that allows for slight variations in target DNA but retains local specificity, and which could help realize …

Mar 30, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Unprecedented videos show RNA switching ‘on’ and ‘off’
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Unprecedented videos show RNA switching ‘on’ and ‘off’

Using new simulations, researchers discovered one part of RNA smoothly invades and displaces another part of the same RNA, enabling the structure to rapidly …

Mar 29, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Scientists determine structure of a DNA damage 'first responder'
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Scientists determine structure of a DNA damage 'first responder'

The results of this collaborative project overturn some conventional wisdom about how the DNA repair process works.

Mar 22, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Cryo-EM reveals how '911' molecule helps fix damaged DNA
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Cryo-EM reveals how '911' molecule helps fix damaged DNA

When something goes wrong during DNA replication, cells call their own version of 911 to pause the process and fix the problem -- a …

Mar 22, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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