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- – the Guardian
‘Bond villain’ DNA could transform cancer treatment, scientists say
Discovery that extrachromosomal DNA act as cancer-causing genes seen as breakthrough that could lead to new therapies
- – Stanford Medicine
Scientists aim to disrupt DNA rings that block cancer treatments
The discovery that circles of free-floating DNA, or extrachromosomal DNA, help cancerous tumors evade treatment is driving a quest to disrupt them.
- – Stanford Medicine
Nine Stanford scientists receive cancer research funding totaling $13 million
The funding, from Cancer Grand Challenges, will help the researchers address difficult problems in cancer prevention, treatment-resistant cancers and therapies for pediatric solid tumors.
- – NY Times
Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand Mysterious DNA Circles Common in Cancer Cells
For years, researchers weren’t exactly sure what to make of these extra loops of genetic material . That’s quickly changing.
- – Stanford Medicine
Study identifies link between DNA-protein binding, cancer onset
Understanding when and where proteins bind to DNA may be the ticket to identifying cancer at the cellular level, according to researchers at Stanford.
- – Stanford Medicine
Online game challenges players to design on/off switch for CRISPR
Players will try to design a molecule that can turn CRISPR gene-editing on and off. Success could open the door to new research and therapies.
- – NY Times
Telling Jewels From Junk in DNA
Some cellular DNA yields molecules that serve mysterious but important functions in the cell, new research suggests.
- – Stanford Medicine
Scientists unveil sex-linked control of genes
Many proteins interact with an RNA molecule called Xist to coat and silence one X chromosome in every female cell. Learning how genes are targeted and silenced may help researchers studying sex-specific diseases.
- – Stanford Medicine
‘Dead’ gene comes to life, puts chill on inflammation, researchers find
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