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Forty years after the discovery of the double helical structure of DNA, it is still remarkable that this deceptively simple molecule specifies virtually everything about the form and function of all cells and all organisms. The way DNA stores its code of life and passes it on from one generation to the next is the key to the puzzle of how mutations cause cell dysfunction and disease. And within DNA resides the means for new medical interventions through gene therapy.

This article on the structure of DNA is the first of four brief reviews of the principles and techniques of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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