sequence
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Researchers at Gladstone Institutes have now mapped out a molecular sequence that could help explain these early effects.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
A sequence against the Washington Mystics on Friday perfectly illustrated why she is so dangerous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Your last visit to the primary care doctor likely followed a familiar sequence: You waited weeks, if not months, for the appointment.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
Lozano was involved with two passes in the sequence that ended with a shot by Justin Haak that went very close to San Jose’s goal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Then the pianist let loose a sequence of rising and falling syncopations and a man’s crooning voice stretched over it all.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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To better understand the DNA sequences that control this process, researchers in the laboratory of University of California San Diego Professor James T. Kadonaga focused on an important DNA element known as the "initiator."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
The study's data and AI models may also support the design of synthetic promoters, sequences that can switch genes on or off, with functions tailored for specific purposes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
One of the more acutely affecting sequences involves the parents letting Dovilė know that they’re splitting up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Tests show there are only a handful of differences in their DNA sequences, which indicate the infections are part of the same outbreak, with a common source.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
I envisioned myself burning on a pyre of dream sequences, and then the answer came to me.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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This vaccine is different: A surgeon removes the tumor and sends it to a lab, where its mutations are sequenced and an algorithm identifies the targets for a personalized mRNA vaccine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Unlike traditional posthumous albums that stitch together loose verses, “Prolific” was recorded and sequenced nearly two years before Hussle’s death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
It's sequenced with another cross-generational saga, The Test, where Madonna and her eldest daughter, Lourdes Leon, thrash out their differences over a spacious, trancey instrumental.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Jefferies analyst Randal Konik described Denton’s appointment as “another deliberate step in Hill’s sequenced turnaround” in a research note Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Indeed, as predicted, when the gene encoding the hemoglobin B chain was later identified and sequenced in sickle-cell patients, there was a single change: one triplet in DNA—GAG—had changed to another—GTG.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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While the cases are spread out, scientists used a type of comprehensive genetic fingerprinting called whole-genome sequencing, which revealed the bugs involved are all closely related.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Researchers used genomic sequencing to search for signs that dormant viruses had become active again.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
She has used ChatGPT to analyze the results of her whole-genome sequencing, gather information on experimental treatments and brainstorm potential tests to discuss with her doctor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Using state-of-the-art ultra-long DNA sequencing technologies together with newly available comparative datasets, the team found that high AMY1 copy numbers had already become more common in the Andes several thousand years before Europeans arrived.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
In a blink of pure fantasy, I suddenly saw myself walking away from Dell Duke's grimy car with a tiny glass vial of her blood sample for genome sequencing.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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