Credit: CC0 Public domain DNA generally forms the classic double helix shape discovered in 1953: two strands coiled together. Several other structures have been formed in test tubes, but this does not necessarily mean that they form within living cells. Quadruple helix structures, called DNA G-quadruplexes (G4s), have previously been …
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Utah Jazz star says battle with coronavirus was ‘one of the scariest experiences’ of his life
Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell was one of the first NBA players to test positive for the coronavirus in March, saying it was “one of the scariest experiences” of his life. Mitchell, along with Jazz Center Rudy Gobert, were infected, and Mitchell recalls a sleepless night wondering if he had …
Read More »Nina Kapur, CBS2 reporter, dies after moped accident
A local television journalist died over the weekend, police said, after she fell off a scooter that had been rented from Revel, a moped company whose Vespa-style vehicles have become a familiar sight on the streets. from Brooklyn and Queens. The accident, which a company spokeswoman said was believed to …
Read More »MacGyver’s Lucas Till was ‘suicidal’ due to ‘unacceptable’ behavior by fired showrunner Peter M. Lenkov
The actor said Vanity fair who endured numerous cases of verbal abuse, intimidation, and bodily shame while working alongside Lenkov. “I have never worked so hard in my life, and I am fine with hard work,” Till told the magazine. “But the way Peter treats people is simply unacceptable. I …
Read More »Results from the Oxford Coronavirus Vaccine Trial are “extremely encouraging,” says UK government
A top British official called the latest news about the possible coronavirus vaccine from a team at Oxford University “extremely encouraging.” Results from the Phase I / II trial of the vaccine being developed by the Jenner Institute in Oxford, along with the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, showed that it is …
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