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Re:Diagnosing cancer by profiling the immune system by thfuran on Thursday April 20, 2023 @07:20PM (#35647847)
Identical twins probably don't even have identical DNA by the time they're born, let alone in their adult life. I don't think forensic DNA testing is a full sequencing though.
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Re:Diagnosing cancer by profiling the immune system by jostmey on Thursday April 20, 2023 @08:03PM (#35648203)
It is even more complicated than that! Some immune cells, like T cells, will actually edit their own DNA through a process named V(D)J recombination. So the immune system is actually editing some of its own DNA!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V(D)J_recombination

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Re:Diagnosing cancer by profiling the immune system by jjtheblunt on Thursday April 20, 2023 @09:16PM (#35648717)
Like Lisp reader programming for dsl creation?
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Re:Diagnosing cancer by profiling the immune system by thfuran on Thursday April 20, 2023 @10:14PM (#35649047)
Right, but I mean even of non immune cells.
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