DNA Synthesis Using Natural Enzyme (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

DNA Synthesis Using Natural Enzyme

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UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab researchers have tweaked a natural human enzyme to create a process that can lengthen oligonucleotide chains repetitively. Tests show the technique has promise to produce more accurate and thus longer chains, faster, cheaper and without toxic waste.

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Marilyn Chung, Berkeley Lab

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