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Genetic Code

UConn's Role in Shaping the Future of Medicine

Susan Herbst | Posted 05.23.2012 | College
Read More: Bioscience, Genetic Disorders, Dna Testing, Bioscience Connecticut, Genetic-Makeup, Genetic Code, University of Connecticut, Uconn, Genetic-Health, New Health Care, Genetics, Health Care, Personalized Medicine, Healthcare, Medical Research, College News
Susan Herbst

"Personalized medicine" is opening the door to a whole new world of medical care -- one that would offer a tailor-made approach to treating and preventing health problems in individual patients.

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DNA as Poetry: Multiple Messages in a Single Sequence

James A. Shapiro | Posted 03.25.2012 | Science
Read More: Protein Sequence, Overlapping Sequences, Coincident Messages, Triplet Code, Simultaneous Evolution, Optimal for Overwriting, Shufflon, Site-Specific Recombination, Protein Variation, Genetic-Code, Overlapping Codes, Science News
James A. Shapiro

At a time when we pride ourselves for being able to read DNA sequences with increasing speed, it is salutary to keep in mind that we are still far from knowing how to interpret the complex overlapping meanings contained in the genomic texts we store in our databases.

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