Quadruple Helix DNA Exists In Human Genome

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60 years after Cambridge researchers Watson and Crick published their discovery of "double helix" DNA, the molecule of life, another team at the same UK university has published proof that four-stranded "quadruple helix" DNA also exists within the human genome. They hope their discovery will lead to a new generation of targeted cancer therapies that use synthetic molecules to trap the complex DNA structures and thereby stop cancer cells multiplying...
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