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DNA

NOUN
deoxyribonucleic acid
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Research into breast cancer or DNA sequencing that helped combat coronavirus could also be honoured.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

RNA also appears to hold fewer water molecules around its backbone than DNA.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Thoughts of animals are as much a part of our inheritance as the DNA we share with them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Clutching a photograph of his missing son, Rajesh Ram is pinning his hopes on DNA testing -- like thousands of others desperately seeking relatives swept away by Nepal's catastrophic Himalayan floods.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Back to Byrd and Aunt Nancy, talking and sharing, and caring for the earth, well, that’s when they figured out that you can grow a family from more than DNA.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers



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