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To celebrate #DNAday, we're featuring some of our DNA comics, GIFs, and videos! DNA is a nucleic acid, and it's made up of nucleotides.

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Explainer: How CRISPR works

Scientists are using a tool called CRISPR to edit DNA in all types of cells.

Scientists usually shy away from using the word miracle. Unless they’re talking about the gene-editing tool called CRISPR, that is. “You can do anything with CRISPR,” some say. Others just call it amazing.

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To celebrate #DNAday, we're featuring some of our DNA comics, GIFs, and videos! Making more DNA in DNA replication? A little GIF about those leading and lagging strands!

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To celebrate #DNAday, we'll be featuring some of our DNA comics, GIFs, and videos! DNA and RNA are both nucleic acids, but this graphic helps show some differences between DNA and RNA! 

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To celebrate #DNAday, we're featuring some of our DNA comics, GIFs, and videos!  Have you ever wondered what is meant by DNA strands labeled 5' to 3' or 3' to 5'? Explained in a GIF!

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To celebrate #DNAday, we're featuring some of our DNA comics, GIFs, and videos! DNA works with RNA in the making of proteins (protein synthesis)! Many genes can code for proteins. Proteins have a wide range of functions in our body!

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One day, your sunscreen may be made from DNA

A new approach to sunscreen could use a thin layer of DNA to protect skin cells — and hopefully prevent cancer.

Wearing sunscreen can help you avoid sunburn and protect your skin cells from damage. But you need to reapply sunscreen after spending some time in the sun. A new finding could lead to another type of sunscreen that avoids that hassle. In fact, the longer you wore it, the better it would protect you from the sun’s harmful rays. The material behind this potential new sunblock: DNA.

DNA is short for deoxyribonucleic acid. It’s the genetic blueprint inside cells that instructs them about what to do — and when. “DNA molecules can get damaged when exposed to sunlight,” notes Guy German. He’s a biomedical engineer at Binghamton University in New York. Instead of letting the sun damage the skin’s DNA, his group asked itself: Why not shield that DNA with some other type?

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Happy National DNA Day! We’ll be posting all things DNA today. :D