Fighting pathogens by watching how they read their own DNA
July 28, 2026
July 28, 2026
NEW YORK, July 28 -- Rockefeller University posted the following news:
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Fighting pathogens by watching how they read their own DNA
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Every living cell, from the simplest bacterium to a human neuron, relies on the same basic machinery to read, interpret, and use its DNA. This molecular machinery is so fundamental that life as we know it cannot exist without it. And because it is so essential, it has long been a target for drugs; shut down a . . .
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Fighting pathogens by watching how they read their own DNA
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Every living cell, from the simplest bacterium to a human neuron, relies on the same basic machinery to read, interpret, and use its DNA. This molecular machinery is so fundamental that life as we know it cannot exist without it. And because it is so essential, it has long been a target for drugs; shut down a . . .