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This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 6.

Song title: Double-Marked, Still Alive
Original Base by Base episode: 6: TRMT1, tRNA m2,2G, and Intellectual Disability

Article metadata:
Article title: Bi-allelic pathogenic variants in TRMT1 disrupt tRNA modification and induce a neurodevelopmental disorder
Journal: The American Journal of Human Genetics
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.03.015
Reference: Efthymiou S, Leo CP, Deng C, et al. Bi-allelic pathogenic variants in TRMT1 disrupt tRNA modification and induce a neurodevelopmental disorder. Am J Hum Genet. 2025;112:1117–1138. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.03.015

Lyrics:
Verse 1
Midnight in the lab, the lights don’t blink
We read the letters faster than we think
Two quiet breaks in a single name
And growing minds don’t grow the same

Pre-Chorus
Tiny scribes on RNA, you’re supposed to leave a sign
A double mark on guanine, keep the timing in line
But the ink runs out, the page turns thin
And the whole song stumbles from within

Chorus
When the m2,2G fades, the rhythm slips away
But we can trace the missing beat and name what went astray
Two hits, one gene, and the proof is in the line
We’ll light the path for every child—one diagnosis at a time

Verse 2
Some cuts the message wrong, splicing out the truth
Some locks the hands that hold the tRNA close to you
Some dulls the spark that makes the chemistry go
And cells slow down where they used to glow

Bridge
In a small bright tank, a little heart learns to swim
But the brain grows quiet at the edges, stark and dim
Still the data sings: it’s not a curse in the air
It’s a mod you can measure, a break you can repair

Final Chorus
When the m2,2G fades, the rhythm slips away
But we can trace the missing beat and name what went astray
Two hits, one gene, and the proof is in the line
We’ll light the path for every child—one diagnosis at a time

This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 5.

Song title: Footprints in the Flow
Original Base by Base episode: 5: Promoter Footprints Predicting Preterm Birth

Article metadata:
Article title: Genome-wide nucleosome footprints of plasma cfDNA predict preterm birth: A case-control study
Journal: PLOS Medicine
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004571
Reference: Guo Z, Wang K, Huang X, Li K, Ouyang G, Yang X, et al. (2025) Genome-wide nucleosome footprints of plasma cfDNA predict preterm birth: A case-control study. PLoS Med 22(4): e1004571. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004571

Lyrics:
Verse 1
A quiet sample, a borrowed light,
A river of fragments in the middle of the night,
Tiny signs in the bloodstream, hidden in plain view,
Footprints on the genome, spelling something true.

Pre-Chorus
Read the rhythm at the doorway of a gene,
Where the nucleosomes stand, like a curtain on a scene,
If the pattern shifts early, we don’t have to wait,
We can name the risk before it’s too late.

Chorus
Footprints in the flow, tell me where it goes,
Signals in the shadows, under soft fluorescent glows,
Eighty-three sparks in a line, turning noise into a sign,
Hold on—there’s time… we can draw the borderlines.

Verse 2
Promoters like streetlights, blinking on and off,
Some burn cold with worry, some flicker, some drop,
Placenta under pressure, immune storms in the wings,
And the data keeps talking in a thousand quiet things.

Bridge
No extra needle, no new scars to hide,
Just the same old sequencing, and a sharper way to guide,
We’re building early answers from the language that remains,
So care can move faster than the fear in our veins.

Final Chorus
Footprints in the flow, now we know the code,
From first-trimester whispers to a clearer, safer road,
Eighty-three sparks in a line, turning noise into a sign,
Hold on—there’s time… let the future come in time.

This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 4.

Song title: Blueprint of the Branches
Original Base by Base episode: 4: How CXCL12 Shapes Coronary Dominance

Article metadata:
Article title: CXCL12 drives natural variation in coronary artery anatomy across diverse populations
Journal: Cell
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.005
Reference: Rios Coronado PE, Zhou J, Fan X, et al. CXCL12 drives natural variation in coronary artery anatomy across diverse populations. Cell. 2025;188:1784–1806. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.005

Lyrics:
Verse 1
In the hush before the first heartbeat knows its name,
A quiet signal writes a map inside the frame,
Not stone and steel—just gradients in the dark,
Calling on the cells like fireflies to a spark.

Pre-Chorus
A switch in silent letters, hidden out of sight,
Turns the dial of “go this way” in fetal light,
And every tiny drift becomes a future road,
Where blood will learn the paths it’s owed.

Chorus
CXCL12, draw the branches, make the river choose,
Guide the wandering builders with the cues we never lose,
Left or right, a subtle sway, but it changes what we feel,
In the blueprint of the branches, something wakes to heal.

Verse 2
Across a thousand lines of ancestry and chance,
The patterns show up when the numbers start to dance,
Open chromatin windows, whispers in the code,
Pointing to the same refrain down the artery road.

Bridge
If the path can shift, then maybe it can bend,
Make new side streets where the broken lanes can end,
Teach the heart to reroute when the pressure gets too real,
Turn a developmental memory into a second deal.

Final Chorus
CXCL12, draw the branches, make the river choose,
Lead the CXCR4 runners with the signal they can use,
From a silent variant’s nudge to a living, beating wheel,
In the blueprint of the branches, there’s a brighter way to heal.

This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 3.

Song title: Checklist for the Hidden Cut
Original Base by Base episode: 3: Data-driven heuristics for splice-altering variants

Article metadata:
Article title: Data-driven insights to inform splice-altering variant assessment
Journal: The American Journal of Human Genetics
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.02.012
Reference: Sullivan P.J., Quinn J.M.W., Ajuyah P., Pinese M., Davis R.L., Cowley M.J. Data-driven insights to inform splice-altering variant assessment. The American Journal of Human Genetics 112, 764–778 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.02.012

Lyrics:
Verse 1
Under bright screens in the quiet lab glow,
Letters line up like roads in a row.
One small change and the map comes undone,
A clean little cut turns into a run.

Pre-Chorus
So measure the distance, feel the pull,
Motifs like magnets, strong or null.
If the signal slips, it won’t stay still,
It finds a new doorway against your will.

Chorus
Read the splice, read the sign, keep time,
Branchpoint burning in a dotted line.
When the code breaks, we don’t guess—we prove,
With a checklist beat and a data groove.
Call it clear, call it true, call it what it is:
A hidden cut, and we’re learning where it lives.

Verse 2
Some fall out—exons vanish in flight,
Some stretch long into the edge of night.
Some fold back, hold introns like a weight,
Some wake a cryptic gate.
Thousands of stories, validated scars,
Turned into rules like constellations of stars.

Bridge
Not every context fits the same frame,
Some quiet signals don’t carry a name.
But we can trace the strength, the space, the bend,
And tell where a normal message will end.
So pass it forward, add what you see,
Build the living map for what splicing can be.

Final Chorus
Read the splice, read the sign, keep time,
Branchpoint burning in a dotted line.
When the code breaks, we don’t guess—we prove,
With a checklist beat and a data groove.
From donor to acceptor, we light up the clues,
No more blind corners—just a better view.
A hidden cut, and we’re learning where it moves.

This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 2.

Song title: Chelate the Noise
Original Base by Base episode: 2: Tube additives and cfDNA integrity: why EDTA still leads

Article metadata:
Article title: Impact of Tube Additives on Baseline Cell-Free DNA, Blood Nuclease Activity, and Cell-Free DNA Degradation in Serum and Plasma Samples: A Comparative Study
Journal: LabMed (2025) 2, 4
DOI: 10.3390/labmed2010004
Reference: Barra G.B.; Santa Rita T.H.; Jácomo R.H.; Nery L.F.A. Impact of Tube Additives on Baseline Cell-Free DNA, Blood Nuclease Activity, and Cell-Free DNA Degradation in Serum and Plasma Samples: A Comparative Study. LabMed 2025, 2, 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/labmed2010004

Lyrics:
Verse 1
In a bright-room spin of the centrifuge light,
We chase a whisper in the bloodstream’s night.
Some tubes hold steady, some let it all fade,
A fragile signal in a chemical shade.

Pre-Chorus
I hear the scissors waking up at thirty-seven,
Time takes a bite, turns clean to uneven.
Choose the wrong vial, watch the story unwind,
Choose the right one, keep the truth aligned.

Chorus
Chelate the noise, let the message stay,
Lock down the cutters, don’t give it away.
Hold that spark in the plasma line,
EDTA—keep the data mine.

Verse 2
Citrate can slow it, not all the way,
A halfway promise that might still pay.
But heparin’s trouble—things break, cells spill,
And enzymes feast like they’ve got free will.

Bridge
Serum looks loud, but it’s not all real,
Clotting confetti in the lab’s reveal.
Twenty-four hours and the track goes thin,
So guard the fragment where it begins.

Final Chorus
Chelate the noise, let the message stay,
Lock down the cutters, don’t give it away.
If you want the signal you can trust in time,
EDTA—keep the data mine.

This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 1.

Song title: Buried Signals, Clearer Calls
Original Base by Base episode: 1: Structure-informed computational evidence sharpens BRCA1 missense classification

Article metadata:
Article title: ACMG/AMP interpretation of BRCA1 missense variants: Structure-informed scores add evidence strength granularity to the PP3/BP4 computational evidence
Journal: The American Journal of Human Genetics
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.12.011
Reference: Ramadane-Morchadi L., Rotenberg N., Esteban-Sánchez A., et al., ACMG/AMP interpretation of BRCA1 missense variants: Structure-informed scores add evidence strength granularity to the PP3/BP4 computational evidence. The American Journal of Human Genetics 112, 993–1002 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.12.011

Lyrics:
Verse 1
On bright screens, a single letter turns the tide
A quiet swap in BRCA1, hard to read inside
We hold the rulebook up against the unknown
Looking for a sign in the protein’s bones

Pre-Chorus
Not every number tells the whole story straight
Some land in the gray where the stakes feel late
So we map the fold, we test the weight
Till the evidence learns to calibrate

Chorus
Give me structure, give me light
Turn “maybe” into black-and-white
When the score runs high and the fold breaks tight
We can call it strong, we can name what’s right
Buried signals, clearer calls
From hidden cores to hospital halls

Verse 2
AlphaMissense draws the line with a steadier hand
Fewer empty answers in the shifting sand
DDG feels the strain when the scaffold bends
And solvent tells where “benign” begins

Bridge
If the residue’s buried, BP4 can speak
If it’s out in the open, the calm gets weak
Cutoffs like compass points in a storm
Granular proof in a human form

Final Chorus
Give me structure, give me light
Turn “maybe” into black-and-white
When the score runs high and the fold breaks tight
We can call it strong, we can name what’s right
Buried signals, clearer calls
One clearer verdict can change it all