dna hybridization
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Precise Stickiness
a: Dna hybridization ~
b: programmable glue
What: DNA hybridization is like a "programmable glue," she said, that can stick cells together because of the highly precise nature of binding between complementary DNA strands: One strand of the DNA helix binds only to its complementary strand and nothing else. By putting a short DNA strand on the surface of one cell and its complementary strand on another cell, the researchers assure that the two lock together exclusively.
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Writer: Carolyn Bertozzi
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Date: May 9 2013 6:03 PM
# 3032 Critique Analogy
Narrow And Tight....
a: Dna hybridization ~
b: having 20-20 tunnel vision
What: "For another lab workhorse, the "gene chip," the problem seems simply to be that it isn't sensitive enough. Gene chips are based on a different, far less sensitive technology than PCR called hybridization. Hybridization is like having 20-20 tunnel vision -- it does great within its limited range, but it can detect absolutely nothing outside it."
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Writer: Denise Caruso
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Date: May 9 2013 6:22 PM
# 3035 Critique Analogy
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