A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers ...

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A subtle failure during cell division can set off dramatically different outcomes, according to new research exploring whole ...

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its DNA with extraordinary precision. But this process is constantly challenged by ...

In the 1990s Venter bet that he could use a sequencing technique to speed up the decoding of the human genome and he beat an ...