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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.
—Isabella Cueto, STAT, 18 June 2022
The message these scientists describe includes a quick-and-dirty primer on the nature of human life itself, from the four base chemicals of DNA—adenosine, cytidine, guanosine, and thymidine—to the essential amino acids and glucose that help to power life itself.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 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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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
The message these scientists describe includes a quick-and-dirty primer on the nature of human life itself, from the four base chemicals of DNA—adenosine, cytidine, guanosine, and thymidine—to the essential amino acids and glucose that help to power life itself.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 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 24 Dec. 2025.
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guanosine
noun
gua·no·sine
ˈgwän-ə-ˌsēn 
: a nucleoside C10H13N5O5 composed of guanine and ribose
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