POSTS TAGGED AS DNA

Programming DNA-Based Biomolecules to Target Cancer Cell Membranes

Cell membrane proteins to identify cancer cells
“A new cancer-detecting tool [developed at Duke University] uses tiny circuits made of DNA [MORE]

How CRISPR Works

CRISPR-Cas9- how it works
This piece is a video TED talk featuring Jennifer Doudna talking about how she co-invented the CRISPR-Cas9 [MORE]

A Material that Undergoes Metabolism

DNA-material that undergoes metabolism
Bioengineers at Cornell University are developing a DNA-based material that can be metabolized—i.e. both grown and be [MORE]

A “Universal Cancer Biomarker”

UQ Cancer test shows particles changing color
According to University of Queensland bioengineers: “When circulating tumor DNA fragments are placed in [MORE]

CRISPR + AI

CRISPR-Cas9 Editing of the Genome
CRISPR-Cas9, as its name indicates, is a two-part technology.  CRISPR locates a target sequence, and Cas [MORE]

Transomics at St. Jude’s

Genome
One thing that’s largely true about medical innovation is that the new is more expensive than the old. Clinical DNA [MORE]

A Genome in a Day

DNA
In living cells, a special polymerase named “terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase” (TdT) adds about a thousand nucleotides per second to a [MORE]

Once Again, Relative-Matching Nabs a Murderer

DNA Results on SmartPhone
Genealogy has long been the sport of elders discovering their family history in church registries, census and [MORE]

“Bridged Nucleic Acid” as a Guide for Gene Editing

B-DNA
A synthetic guide molecule appears to increase the targeting accuracy in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, according to a research group at [MORE]

Predictive Pediatric Screening for Childhood Diseases

DNA Testing for Childhood Diseases
Sema4 (Stamford, CT; a startup from NYC’s Mount Sinai Health System, is now marketing a home [MORE]

“Adaptive PCR”

Adaptive PCR
Biomedical engineers at Vanderbilt University have devised a handheld PCR machine that uses “left-handed” DNA (i.e. the Z form) [MORE]

Custom Printing High Speed Nanorobots

Electric Propulsion Technology for Nanorobots
In applying electrical fields to nanorobots made of DNA, researchers at the University of Munich imagine [MORE]

Hacking Sequencers with Malware of Synthetic DNA; Scary

Illumina Genome Analyzer II Sequencing Machine
Today’s science-fiction can become tomorrow’s breakthroughs or its nightmares. The piece describes such a bad [MORE]

DNA Robots

LQian Cargo Sorting DNA Robot
In the 64 years that scientists have known about the structure of DNA, enormous knowledge has [MORE]