Researchers expand human genome map to 2.37 million regulatory DNA elements

A research team led by Zhiping Weng, Ph.D., and Jill Moore, Ph.D."18, at UMass Chan Medical School, has nearly tripled the ...
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Bacteria encode hidden genes outside their genome--do we?

A 'loopy' discovery in bacteria is raising fundamental questions about the makeup of our own genome -- and revealing a potential wellspring of material for new genetic therapies. A "loopy" discovery ...
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The ENCODE Project publishes new genomic insights in special issue of Genome Research

From the completion of the pilot phase of The ENCODE Project in 2007, it has been evident that there is much more to a gene than the just a sequence that codes for protein, changing our concept of ...
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Scientists Encode Human Genome on 'Eternal' 5D Memory Crystal

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Scientists Encode Living DNA with Muybridge’s Galloping Horse Film

Harvard scientists successfully recorded five frames of Eadweard Muybridge's 1887 galloping horse on living bacteria, and retrieved the images in sequence. When harnessed, this system has the ...
MIT Technology Review

An easier-to-use technique for storing data in DNA is inspired by our cells

Encoding information in DNA has long seemed like a promising way to secure data for the long term, but so far it has required an expert touch. It turns out that you don’t need to be a scientist to ...
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TB Bacteria Hide Foreign DNA Inside Their Genome

Researchers discovered how the Lsr2 protein silences foreign DNA in tuberculosis bacteria. By forming protein condensates on ...