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Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.

Michael Buck, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, recently received NIH funding to explore how molecular readers of DNA access and activate seemingly hidden genes.

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Understanding the difference between deterministic and non-deterministic systems is key to thriving in this new world of AI.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., whose 1978 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of restriction enzymes revolutionized genetic ...