Synthetic biologists interrogate single-celled survivalists to understand stress response
Rice University synthetic biologists and bioengineers are preparing to interrogate some single-celled survivalists to find out how they deal with stress.
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Rice University synthetic biologists and bioengineers are preparing to interrogate some single-celled survivalists to find out how they deal with stress.
When something goes wrong during DNA replication, cells call their own version of 911 to pause the process and fix the problem -; a failsafe that is critical to maintaining health and staving off disease.
DNA is often likened to a blueprint. The particular sequence of As, Cs, Gs, and Ts in DNA provides information for building an organism.
Adult cells in our body can only give rise to the same cell type. For example, a skin cell cannot give rise to a muscle cell but to skin cells only.
Antibodies, small proteins produced by the immune system, can attach to specific parts of a virus to neutralize it.