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Previously, scientists had found that the DNA sensor cyclic guanosine monophosphate–adenosine monophosphate synthase (cGAS) was driving this system-wide repair, patching up DNA double-strand breaks to stabilize the genome, but how this came to be has remained a mystery until now.
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New Atlas,
12 Oct. 2025
But a problem arises in people like Piqueras, whose TLR7 receptors can’t distinguish between genetic material in potentially dangerous viruses, and guanosine, a nucleic acid found in the body’s own RNA.
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Isabella Cueto,
STAT,
18 June 2022
Although not one of the canonical RNA bases, inosine is read by the cell’s protein-translation machinery as the familiar guanosine.
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Sara Reardon,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2020
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New Atlas,
12 Oct. 2025
But a problem arises in people like Piqueras, whose TLR7 receptors can’t distinguish between genetic material in potentially dangerous viruses, and guanosine, a nucleic acid found in the body’s own RNA.
—
Isabella Cueto,
STAT,
18 June 2022
Although not one of the canonical RNA bases, inosine is read by the cell’s protein-translation machinery as the familiar guanosine.
—
Sara Reardon,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2020
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“Guanosine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guanosine. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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guanosine
noun
gua·no·sine
ˈgwän-ə-ˌsēn 
: a nucleoside C10H13N5O5 composed of guanine and ribose
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