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Rice University: Synthetic parts for an old DNA tool
March 25, 2026
HOUSTON, Texas, March 25 -- Rice University posted the following news release:

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New synthetic parts for an old DNA tool

Rice researchers develop synthetic origin of replication for plasmids

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"If it ain't broke, don't fix it," goes the old adage, which Rice University professor James Chappell completely ignored in a recent Nature Communications publication. In the study, Chappell describes an innovation in . . .

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