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Those 'DNA knots' weren't knots at all, and the truth is stranger

For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...
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The internet’s favorite Finnish car simulator just got a bigger sequel

How My Winter Car Builds on a Cult Classic To understand why this sequel matters, you have to go back to My Summer Car, the ...

How To Overcome The Confidence-Killer That Destroys Most Predictive AI Projects

When pitching the use of a model, data scientists rarely report on its potential value. They then experience an unnerving ...
eLife

Nucleosome wrapping energy in CpG islands and the role of epigenetic base modifications

CpG density and epigenetic modification state modulate DNA mechanics, altering its intrinsic compatibility with nucleosome formation.
eLife

Translational reading frame determines the pathogenicity of C-terminal frameshift deletions in MeCP2: an alternative therapeutic approach

This study offers important insight into the pathogenic basis of intragenic frameshift deletions in the carboxy-terminal domain of MECP2, which account for some Rett syndrome cases, yet similar ...

Can indigenous efforts at genome-edited crop breeding offer food security?

Restricted access to genome-editing technologies poses serious challenges for countries like India that urgently need such ...