RealFeedApp Biotech innovators may use Arctic DNA for next-gen drug therapeutics
Srijak Bhatnagar's team at Athabasca University gathers environmental DNA from Arctic waters and soils to create a biological reservoir for developing new therapies.
- Field
- genetics and genomes
- What they did
- Canadian researchers are collecting ancient DNA from Arctic permafrost and soils to understand how it preserves over thousands of years.
- Why it matters
- This work could help biotech companies find new drugs by using complex biological substances synthesized in laboratories.
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