Wednesday, August 19, 2026
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Largest catalog yet of how human cells read DNA shows how chemical marks alter genetic instructions

Every cell in the body contains essentially the same DNA, yet a brain cell behaves differently from a muscle cell or an immune cell. The difference lies largely in how each cell reads its genetic instructions.

Largest catalog yet of how human cells read DNA shows how chemical marks alter genetic instructions
Image: Phys.org
Every cell in the body contains essentially the same DNA, yet a brain cell behaves differently from a muscle cell or an immune cell. The difference lies largely in how each cell reads its genetic instructions.

Originally published at Phys.org

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