A multi-institutional team of researchers, including scientists at the University of Minnesota Medical School, have developed a powerful tool for genomic research and medicine. The robust method will allow researchers to generate synthetic enzymes that can target and manipulate DNA sequences for inactivation or repair.
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Arguably the oddest beast in Nature's menagerie, the platypus looks as if were assembled from spare parts left over after the animal kingdom was otherwise complete.
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It's the world's most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection. There are an estimated 8 million cases of trich -- pronounced "trick" -- a year in North America and 170 million cases worldwide. But in a cover article in the January 12, 2007, issue of Science, researchers reveal many of trich's tricks.
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