• OT: Researchers map 50,000 of DNA's mysterious 'knots' in the human gen

    From Jan Panteltje@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 31 04:04:48 2024
    Researchers map 50,000 of DNA's mysterious 'knots' in the human genome
    Source:
    Garvan Institute of Medical Research
    Summary:
    Innovative study of DNA's hidden structures may open up new approaches for treatment and diagnosis of diseases, including cancer.

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  • From Jan Panteltje@21:1/5 to alien@comet.invalid on Sat Aug 31 05:16:31 2024
    On a sunny day (Sat, 31 Aug 2024 04:04:48 GMT) it happened Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote in <vau4p1$1tkl2$1@solani.org>:

    Researchers map 50,000 of DNA's mysterious 'knots' in the human genome >Source:
    Garvan Institute of Medical Research
    Summary:
    Innovative study of DNA's hidden structures may open up new approaches for treatment and diagnosis of diseases, including
    cancer.

    Sorry, forgot the link:
    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240829132437.htm

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  • From Bill Sloman@21:1/5 to Jan Panteltje on Sat Aug 31 22:41:12 2024
    On 31/08/2024 3:16 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    On a sunny day (Sat, 31 Aug 2024 04:04:48 GMT) it happened Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote in <vau4p1$1tkl2$1@solani.org>:

    Researchers map 50,000 of DNA's mysterious 'knots' in the human genome
    Source:
    Garvan Institute of Medical Research
    Summary:
    Innovative study of DNA's hidden structures may open up new approaches for treatment and diagnosis of diseases, including
    cancer.

    Sorry, forgot the link:
    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240829132437.htm

    The Garvan Institute is a couple of blocks away from where I live.

    The structures they are are talking about aren't any kind of knot, but a four-strand stretch of DNA held together by cytosine-to-cytosine bonds - there's no interesting topology involved.

    Medical education isn't big on pure math skills. I'll talk to my
    oncologist friend about it - he and I were undergraduates in the same residential college, and our wives shared a bathroom in their
    residential college, so we go back a long way.

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    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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