Enlarge / A cartoon of the process that translates the genetic code|code calculatordecoder} in DNA into a protein. (credit: BSIP / Getty Images ) All living things on Earth use a version of the same genetic code. Every cell makes proteins using the same 20 amino acids. Ribosomes, the particular protein-making machinery within cells, read […]
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Researchers rewire the genetics of E. coli, make it virus-proof
Enlarge / On the outside, these heavily engineered bacteria look no different from their normal peers. (credit: Raphael Gaillarde / Getty Images) Many of the fundamental features of life don’t necessarily have to be the way they are. Chance plays a major role in evolution, and there are alternate paths that were never explored, simply […]