Comments on: 7 Things I Love About DNA

By: Hsien

Hsien — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:55:58 +0000

I bet they weren’t saying that before PCR was invented. PCR rulez!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:49:51 +0000

I would add DNA is easy to replicate. (Makes it way easy to study.)

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By: Andrew Sun

Andrew Sun — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:35:16 +0000

From a chemist:

ssDNA is a copolymer composed of 4 type of monomers whose sequence is defined one by one

And it can be synthesized with high yield (by PCR), while conserving perfect monodispersity

ssDNA is a copolymer of monomers which has sites for forming H-bonds, providing a large variety of possibility for supramolecular design

The specific binding between C-G/A-T means ssDNA could also perform some molecular recognition

Now we don’t usually choose among different types of polymer. We just use one polymer, ssDNA, with different sequences, to do any different tasks.

We constructed smart Tic-Tac-Toe playing robot via ssDNAs (seach tic-tac-toe under ACS Publication and you’ll find a Nano Lett. paper).

Polyelectrolyte which is water-soluble and negative-charged.

so much so far…

By: Hsien

Hsien — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:15:38 +0000

Horrors! What would we do if we didn’t have our DNA-related blogs to while away the time? hehe

By: Hsien

Hsien — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:15:01 +0000

Well thought out! DNA is definitely a symbol of modern science.

By: Hsien

Hsien — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:14:11 +0000

Great list, NA! I’m guessing some people like the fact that DNA speaks the truth.

By: Blaine Bettinger

Blaine Bettinger — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:25:22 +0000

DNA is history - The amount of information that has been and WILL be mined from our DNA is amazing. I can’t wait to see the history that will be uncovered during the next decade or two. And plus, without DNA you and I wouldn’t have anything to blog about!

By: Biolovepulse

Biolovepulse — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:21:42 +0000

DNA is continuity. If not because of the complementary base pairing that enables information to be stored and copied, how can we reproduce?

DNA is advancement. This is the basis of evolution.

DNA is intricacy. It’s a molecule, yet it codes the fundamental aspect of our lives. How God has created a perfect architecture for it.

DNA is breakthrough. It’s a symbol of advancement in bioscience and biotechnology.