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

[Jan Panteltje]

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.

[Jan Panteltje]

On a sunny day (Sat, 31 Aug 2024 04:04:48 GMT) it happened Jan Panteltje

Post by Jan Panteltje
Researchers map 50,000 of DNA's mysterious 'knots' in the human genome
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
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

[Bill Sloman]

Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Sat, 31 Aug 2024 04:04:48 GMT) it happened Jan Panteltje

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

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.