{"id":194445,"date":"2024-08-12T23:24:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T04:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/alien-biology-discovered-bacterias-floating-genes-leave-scientists-baffled"},"modified":"2024-08-12T23:24:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T04:24:36","slug":"alien-biology-discovered-bacterias-floating-genes-leave-scientists-baffled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/alien-biology-discovered-bacterias-floating-genes-leave-scientists-baffled","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAlien Biology\u201d Discovered: Bacteria\u2019s Floating Genes Leave Scientists Baffled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/alien-biology-discovered-bacterias-floating-genes-leave-scientists-baffled.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Columbia researchers discovered that bacteria can create free-floating, temporary genes outside their chromosomes, challenging the long-held belief that all genetic instructions are contained within the genome. This finding opens the possibility that similar genes could exist in humans, potentially revolutionizing our understanding of genetics and gene editing.<\/p>\n<p>Since the genetic code was first deciphered in the 1960s, our genes have appeared like an open book. By interpreting our chromosomes as linear sequences of letters, akin to sentences in a novel, we can identify the genes within our genome and understand how changes in a gene\u2019s code influence health.<\/p>\n<p>This linear rule of life was thought to govern all forms of life\u2014from humans down to bacteria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia researchers discovered that bacteria can create free-floating, temporary genes outside their chromosomes, challenging the long-held belief that all genetic instructions are contained within the genome. This finding opens the possibility that similar genes could exist in humans, potentially revolutionizing our understanding of genetics and gene editing. Since the genetic code was first deciphered in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1527,412,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alien-life","category-genetics","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}