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nucleic acid

[noo-klee-ik, -kley-, nyoo-] / nuˈkli ɪk, -ˈkleɪ-, nyu- /


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Genevant remains focused on leveraging its nucleic acid delivery systems to bring innovative medicines to people who need them, he added.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

"The other issue that will affect industry is the risks that they talk about about nucleic acid synthesis screening."

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025

Indeed, at the NIH briefing, Kate Meyer, an RNA researcher at Duke University, said, “I would say DNA is the other nucleic acid, not the other way around.”

From Science Magazine • May 30, 2024

Samples were screened for corallicolid infection using polymerase chain reaction -- a laboratory nucleic acid amplification technique -- and sequencing of nuclear small subunit rRNA.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024

Pauling’s nucleic acid in a sense was not an acid at all.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson