DNA may be the world’s most famous molecule, so well-known that it appears on magazine covers and is used as a metaphor for traits that are ingrained in a society or organization. But like many famous siblings, DNA doesn’t do much work. It mainly stays at home in the nucleus of our cells, not venturing forth. Its primary activity is protecting the information it encodes and occasionally replicating itself. RNA, on the other hand, actually goes out and does real work. Instead of just sitting at home curating information, it makes real products, such as proteins. Pay attention to it. From CRISPR
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