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globin switching

: the process of changing which type of hemoglobin a red blood cell produces, shifting from adult sickled hemoglobin to fetal hemoglobin as a therapeutic approach to sickle cell disease

chill hours

: the accumulated hours of cool winter temperatures that certain fruit and nut trees need during dormancy to prepare for flowering and fruiting in the spring and summer

inverse protein folding problem

: the computational challenge of determining the amino acid sequence that produces a desired protein structure

stop codon disease

: any genetically driven disease that stems from a premature termination codon mutation, which prevent the formation of a complete and functional protein

agricultural carbon credit

: a permit representing one metric tonne of carbon dioxide that is generated by quantifying and verifying the impact of nature-based methods in either avoiding carbon emissions or increasing the amount of carbon stored in the land


biotic and abiotic stresses

: environmental factors that negatively impact plant health

somatic genomics

: the study of genetic variation found within each cell of a multicellular organism

reinforcement learning

: an artificial intelligence (AI) training technique based on trial and error that uses positive and negative feedback to teach the AI to perform a desired task in accordance with maximizing positive feedback

genetic chemistry

: the use of genetic code to discover the foundations of small molecule medicines

Gene Writers™

: a genome engineering technology based on mobile genetic elements that consists of a protein and an RNA or DNA template to effect a therapeutic change

preemptive health and medicine

: protecting, maintaining, or improving people's health before they get sick by providing interventions targeted to pre-disease states for those that are seemingly healthy but at risk

generative biology

: the use of vast computational power to create biological designs with desired properties by inferring the principals of biology from large datasets