DNA Can Be Built in a Way We've Never Seen Before, Study Finds

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Scientists have just discovered an entirely new way that DNA can be synthesized. The business of constructing DNA ( deoxyribonucleic acid , to give it its full name) usually requires a template that builder proteins called enzymes can work from. But now, a team from Stanford University has found that a type of enzyme known as a polymerase can work without a blueprint. Its shape itself acts as a mold that new DNA can be synthesized from, with no external reference materials required. This has

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