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[jeen] / dʒin /


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Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, wrote that his company’s large language model Claude had found “a molecular machine that we suspect could represent a new gene editing mechanism.”

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

UniQure says it still sees a path to regulatory approval for the drug candidate, AMT-130, even as the experimental gene therapy for Huntington’s disease falls hort in a recent study.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

More than 50 percent of the tumors examined carried a mutation in this gene.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

One promising experimental anti-tau treatment that made waves this summer acts on the very same gene that is mutated in Barb’s family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

If a scientist had been asked what a gene was made of, how it accomplished its function, or where it resided within the cell, there would be few satisfactory answers.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Genetic analysis showed that several ferroptosis-related pathways were involved in AMB-1-mediated lifespan regulation, including the genes ftn-1, bli-3, and ads-1.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

These included genes associated with collagen production and the formation of new blood vessels.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

ABT-263 also increased the activity of genes involved in rebuilding damaged tissue.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

The eastern gentoo, in contrast, has more genes associated with efficient carbohydrate metabolism and stronger diving performance.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

If fly genes could be altered with such modest doses of radiation, then could the alteration of human genes be far behind?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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