00:00Your DNA is moving right now.
00:01And that motion could hold the key to cancer and autism.
00:05Inside every cell, two meters of DNA fold and refold nonstop.
00:09This constant motion decides which genes switch on and which stays silent.
00:13Scientists at the Salk Institute just uncovered something stunning.
00:17Different parts of your genome fold at different speeds.
00:20Fast-moving regions often activate important genes.
00:23Slow regions stay quiet.
00:25And this simple difference can shape your identity as a cell.
00:28When researchers disrupted a key protein called NIP-BL, the DNA couldn't loop correctly.
00:34Some regions popped open instantly.
00:37Others took hours.
00:38And the genes inside changed their behavior.
00:41In heart cells and neurons, these DNA dynamics were even more critical.
00:45The folding motion helped each cell remember what it is.
00:49A heart cell. A neuron.
00:51A unique identity written in motion.
00:53But when this system breaks, diseases can follow.
00:56From developmental syndromes to cancers that hijack folding to grow uncontrollably.
01:01Understanding this moving genome may help us correct those errors and reshape how we treat disease.
01:06From medical and cancer.
01:06From medical and cancer.
01:06The ability to remove cancer and access to disease.
01:06Dr.
01:06Dr.
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