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'''Deoxyribonucleic acid''' '''(DNA)''' is a molecule composed of two nucleotide chains which coil around each other to form a double helix carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses. DNA and ribonucleic acid ([[RNA]]) are nucleic acids; alongside [[proteins]], [[lipids]] and [[complex carbohydrates]] (polysaccharides), they are one of the four major types of macromolecules that are essential for all known forms of life. ==Evidence== ==Importance to ME/CFS== == Importance to Gulf War Illness == There is evidence of DNA damage in vets with [[Gulf War Illness]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.research.va.gov/currents/1017-Evidence-of-DNA-damage-in-Vets-with-Gulf-War-illness.cfm\?=hootsuite | title = Researchers find evidence of DNA damage in Vets with Gulf War illness | last = Richman | first = Mike | date = 2017-10-19 | website = research.va.gov|language=en| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5599026/pdf/pone.0184832.pdf | title=Role of mitochondrial DNA damage and dysfunction in veterans with Gulf War Illness | last = Falvo|first = Michael | last2 = Meyer | first2 = Joel | date = Sep 2017 | website = ncbi.nlm.nih.gov|type=PDF| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date= | last3 = Hill | first3 = Helene Z. | last4 = Lange | first4 = Gudrun | author-link4 = Gudrun Lange | last5 = Condon | first5 = Michael | last6 = Klein | first6 = Jacquelyn C. | last7 = Ndirangu | first7 = Duncan | last8 = Falvo | first8 = Michael J.}}</ref> ==Learn more== ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Genetics]]
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