Extra DNA acts as a 'spare tire' for our genomes
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 11:30
in Biology & Nature
Carrying around a spare tire is a good thing -- you never know when you'll get a flat. Turns out we're all carrying around 'spare tires' in our genomes, too. Today researchers report that an extra set of guanines (or 'G's) in our DNA may function just like a 'spare' to help prevent many cancers from developing.