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KNOWLEDGE SHALL INCREASE:Italo-American scientists patent the 'music' of DNA cells

Rome-[[[[The sound of life, music that comes from the movement of DNA, the blueprint of life, has been recorded and patented for the first time by a team of Italian and American researchers. ]]]]The team of scientists have been led by Carlo Ventura, a professor of molecular biology at Italy's University of Bologna and physicist James Gimzewski from the American University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA).[[The discovery could in the future make scientists similar to the "conductors of orchestras" with the capacity to identify the cells and to differentiate them with a precise sound.]] Ventura explained his results at a recent conference on "Biological, Clinical and Social aspects of lengthening the average life span" at the National Institute of Biostructure and Biosystems in the Italian capital Rome. He said that the human genome is made up of a myriad of DNA loops that are folded over and over again in such a way that "two metres of molecules of DNA fits into the diametre of a nucleus which is about several thousandths of a millimetre long." "For a long time it was thought that these loops were necessary to save space, but today we know that, it forms part of the so-called DNA "trash", which is not used to codify certain proteins, but has a more precise function of "architecture". "The folds of the DNA are dynamic in its ability to assemble and disassemble itself and they continuously move," he said.According to Ventura this creates [["a vibration on the surface of the cell which falls within the audible range of the human ear." "So what we have done is nothing more than develop a way of revealing these sounds. And what has emerged is that these sounds are in some way specific to what the cell is doing in terms of the expression of the genes in that moment,"]] said the molecular biologist. The researches are trying to understand if the "sound" can pinpoint the cells and make them understand better what they can do in terms of genetic modification. In practice, with the right sound, one can convey and transmit precise "orders" to the gene. "It's necessary to understand if specific differentiations correspond to specific sounds. If it is like that, one can then see if by listening to the sounds made by the cells, we will be able to transform them to what we want them to be," concluded Ventura.

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