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Science

Mammoth DNA Almost Completely Reconstructed

Mammoth DNA Almost Completely Reconstructed

A team of scientists is extremely close to a new scientific breakthrough, as its members managed to...
» read full story November 23rd, 2008 - 15:18
Wide-DNA Sequence Could Help Resurrect Woolly Mammoth

Wide-DNA Sequence Could Help Resurrect Woolly Mammoth

Sequencing the nuclear genome of extinct species has always been a challenge for scientists, and...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 13:59
Penn State Scientists Untangle Woolly Mammoth Genetic Code

Penn State Scientists Untangle Woolly Mammoth Genetic Code

Penn State University scientists are to first to untangle the genetic code of an extinct animal,...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 08:16
Cancer Research Moves Forward: Scientists Decode Complete Cancer Genome

Cancer Research Moves Forward: Scientists Decode Complete Cancer Genome

Using DNA sequencing, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis were able to identify the...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 14:00
Scientists Map Cancer Genome for the First Time

Scientists Map Cancer Genome for the First Time

For the first time, a team of scientists managed to decode all the genes of a person who suffered...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 18:44
5,000-Year-Old Iceman Otzi – The Representative of an Extinct Lineage

5,000-Year-Old Iceman Otzi – The Representative of an Extinct Lineage

The oldest complete DNA sequence of a human mitochondria performed on the famous Tyrolean Iceman or...
» read full story November 02nd, 2008 - 13:58
Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data Of 10 Volunteers Online

Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data Of 10 Volunteers Online

Hoping to give medical research a big push forward, the Harvard University Medical School made the...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 05:52
Internet genome scans are both popular and controversial in US

Internet genome scans are both popular and controversial in US

Washington - Some people who want their genome scanned are only worried about what their hair will...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 07:44
Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Researchers took one more step toward so-called regenerative medicine by developing a safer way of...
» read full story September 26th, 2008 - 14:40
Scientists Revealed World's First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Map

Scientists Revealed World's First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Map

The Allen Institute for Brain Science has taken a groundbreaking step into deciphering the...
» read full story July 20th, 2008 - 09:18
Mars Starts Journey Into The Mysteries Of Cocoa Genome

Mars Starts Journey Into The Mysteries Of Cocoa Genome

Mars, the giant chocolate maker, is planning on solving humanity’s cocoa crisis (yes, there is...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 14:20
Premiere: Dutch Geneticists Unveil First Sequenced Female DNA

Premiere: Dutch Geneticists Unveil First Sequenced Female DNA

In a scientific premiere, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) geneticists managed to determine...
» read full story May 27th, 2008 - 10:53
Platypus' Genetic Mystery Solved

Platypus' Genetic Mystery Solved

An international scientific team announced Wednesday they had finally decoded the genetic...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 21:17
Platypus Holds The Genetic Code To Evolution

Platypus Holds The Genetic Code To Evolution

As science evolved, people started asking questions and developing theories about how evolution on...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 10:44
It’s A Robotized World – No More Animal Testing!

It’s A Robotized World – No More Animal Testing!

Three governmental agencies made a decision that will certainly go straight to the hearts of...
» read full story February 15th, 2008 - 12:20
Uncontrolled Synthetic Bio-Business in Development

Uncontrolled Synthetic Bio-Business in Development

US scientist J. Craig Venter and his team reported a few days ago the creation of first man-made...
» read full story January 26th, 2008 - 21:13
J. Craig Venter Finds The Recipe For Synthetic Life

J. Craig Venter Finds The Recipe For Synthetic Life

The US scientist J. Craig Venter and his team are reporting the creation of first man-made DNA...
» read full story January 24th, 2008 - 21:41
The 1000 Genomes Project Aims To Map DNA Of 1000 people

The 1000 Genomes Project Aims To Map DNA Of 1000 people

A consortium, which includes Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Hinxton, England, the Beijing...
» read full story January 23rd, 2008 - 01:09
The World Community Grid to Support Cancer Research Project

The World Community Grid to Support Cancer Research Project

The World Community Grid represents a web of 795,000 computers than span all over the world....
» read full story November 08th, 2007 - 20:41
DNA Discoverer Retires after Race Goof

DNA Discoverer Retires after Race Goof

Molecular biologist James Dewey Watson, credited as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of...
» read full story October 25th, 2007 - 20:22
US Scientist Is On The Verge To Create Artificial Life

US Scientist Is On The Verge To Create Artificial Life

The US scientist J. Craig Venter said for the British newspaper The Guardian that he has built a...
» read full story October 07th, 2007 - 12:29
Scientists: IAPV May Be A Factor In Honey Bee Disorder

Scientists: IAPV May Be A Factor In Honey Bee Disorder

According to a report being published by the journal Science the scientists discovered that a...
» read full story September 06th, 2007 - 22:41
New Study Says Monkeys Use “Baby Talk”

New Study Says Monkeys Use “Baby Talk”

A new research at the University of Chicago said that the Rhesus monkeys use their own type of...
» read full story August 26th, 2007 - 12:43
Genetic Link between Colon and Prostate Cancer Found

Genetic Link between Colon and Prostate Cancer Found

Four scientific studies have confirmed that the presence of a gene variant called rs6983267- which...
» read full story July 09th, 2007 - 17:00
ENCODE Announces New Findings About Human Genome

ENCODE Announces New Findings About Human Genome

An international research consortium, called ENCODE The ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements published the...
» read full story June 13th, 2007 - 21:32
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Health

Bird Flu Could Be Resistant To Drugs

Bird Flu Could Be Resistant To Drugs

Scientists doubt if anti-viral medication would have any effect in the case of a bird flu pandemic,...
» read full story January 08th, 2009 - 23:54
A Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

A Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
» read full story November 09th, 2008 - 21:13

Update: Full Cancer Genome Decoded

Cancer is one of the most destructive diseases of past and present centuries. Certain treatments...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 21:40
Researchers Map Cancer Genes

Researchers Map Cancer Genes

Washington University researchers have decoded the complete DNA of a patient suffering from...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 16:15
Genetic Map Of Cancer Unveiled

Genetic Map Of Cancer Unveiled

By using cells donated by a woman in her 50s who died of leukemia, the scientists at the Washington...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 23:39
Scientists Decode Entire Genome Of A Cancer Patient For The First Time

Scientists Decode Entire Genome Of A Cancer Patient For The First Time

For the first time, scientists have managed to decode the complete DNA sequence of a cancer...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 13:30
Researchers Detect More Genes Associated with Alzheimer’s Risk

Researchers Detect More Genes Associated with Alzheimer’s Risk

Researchers have detected more genes associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s...
» read full story October 31st, 2008 - 16:00
Update: New Genes Related To Lung Cancer Discovered

Update: New Genes Related To Lung Cancer Discovered

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, United States have identified...
» read full story October 22nd, 2008 - 23:30
Sharing Your Genes With The World

Sharing Your Genes With The World

As part of their project on http://www.personalgenomes.org, a group of enthusiastic scientists and...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 15:00
Personal Genome Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers

Personal Genome Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers

The genomes of 10 people, volunteers in the Harvard Medical School’s Personal Genome Project,...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 17:00
Scientific Advances in Stem Cell Field: Yamanaka Finds New Method for Safer iPS Cells

Scientific Advances in Stem Cell Field: Yamanaka Finds New Method for Safer iPS Cells

The search for viable alternatives to replace the embryonic stem cells that are derived from the...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 14:40

20-Year Study To Asses Lifestyle Impact Of Genetic Testing

San Diego's Scripps Translational Science Institute announced Thursday it will carry out...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 16:23
New Discovery in Stem Cell Field: Stem Cells from Testicular Biopsies

New Discovery in Stem Cell Field: Stem Cells from Testicular Biopsies

The search for the best source of stem cells continues, with many scientists supporting the field...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 14:20
Study on How Genetic Testing Affects People’s Lives

Study on How Genetic Testing Affects People’s Lives

Genetic testing is used for revealing what diseases a certain person is most predisposed to;...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 21:31
New Discovery in Stem Cell Field Improves the Cell Reprogramming Technique

New Discovery in Stem Cell Field Improves the Cell Reprogramming Technique

The results of a study conducted by researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 15:27
New Stem Cell Technique, a Safer Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cells

New Stem Cell Technique, a Safer Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cells

Scientists have found a new and safer way to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS), which...
» read full story September 28th, 2008 - 14:40

Scientists Map Cancer Genome

A team of U.S. researchers claimed it found new genetic mutations involved in glioblastoma, the...
» read full story September 06th, 2008 - 16:09

What Is Behind Brain And Pancreatic Tumors? Mapping The Cancer Genome

A new discovery shows promise in cancer fight. Scientists have managed to draw a map of the...
» read full story September 05th, 2008 - 16:48
Mapping of the Cancer Genome Only the Beginning, Say Doctors

Mapping of the Cancer Genome Only the Beginning, Say Doctors

Scientists mapping the mutated genome on two of the most deadly cancers – pancreatic cancer and...
» read full story September 05th, 2008 - 15:54

Researchers Detect Genetic Defects Guilty Of Deadliest Cancers

In a long-term fight to combat cancer by improving medical treatment, scientists are currently...
» read full story September 05th, 2008 - 11:41
Newly Revealed Genetic Secrets Will Help Fight against Schizophrenia

Newly Revealed Genetic Secrets Will Help Fight against Schizophrenia

Researchers at the University of Washington say they've found specific gene variations linked to...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 16:06
Genetic Variants Could Explain The Onset of Schizophrenia

Genetic Variants Could Explain The Onset of Schizophrenia

Two separate studies have linked schizophrenia to some specific gene variations moving closer to...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 13:07
Cease and Desist for 13 Genetic Testing Companies in California

Cease and Desist for 13 Genetic Testing Companies in California

The state of California has sent cease and desist letters to 13 companies that are selling general...
» read full story June 19th, 2008 - 08:25
NIH Launches Program to Study Undiagnosed Diseases

NIH Launches Program to Study Undiagnosed Diseases

The National Institutes of Health is launching a clinical research program intended for people...
» read full story May 22nd, 2008 - 16:25
Rituxan Fails in Lupus Trial; Shares of Genentech and Biogen Drop

Rituxan Fails in Lupus Trial; Shares of Genentech and Biogen Drop

Shares of Genentech Inc. and Biogen Idec Inc. sagged on Tuesday after the companies said their...
» read full story April 30th, 2008 - 15:38
International Cancer Genome Consortium Founded

International Cancer Genome Consortium Founded

Nine countries and the European Commission have founded the International Cancer Genome Consortium,...
» read full story April 29th, 2008 - 18:07
Lung Cancer in Smokers Also Linked to Genes

Lung Cancer in Smokers Also Linked to Genes

It is well known that smoking skyrockets the risk of developing lung cancer, but it is hard to...
» read full story April 02nd, 2008 - 20:29
Schizophrenia Linked with Array of Genetic Mutations

Schizophrenia Linked with Array of Genetic Mutations

Just days after the death of a pioneer of schizophrenia treatment, Baltimore psychiatrist Dr. Frank...
» read full story March 27th, 2008 - 23:21
DNA Test – A Reason for Discrimination in the US

DNA Test – A Reason for Discrimination in the US

Many patients often refuse to undergo genetic testing for fear their negative results would make...
» read full story February 25th, 2008 - 10:43
New Genes Linked To Prostate Cancer Risk

New Genes Linked To Prostate Cancer Risk

In a report published in Nature Genetics, Cancer Research UK announced that its scientists have...
» read full story February 11th, 2008 - 00:29
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World

PG Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers

PG Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers

The genomes of 10 people, volunteers in the Harvard Medical School’s Personal Genome Project,...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 11:33
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Music

Pandora Internet Radio Doomed by Unreasonable Royalties

Pandora Internet Radio Doomed by Unreasonable Royalties

Tim Westergren, the founder of the Internet radio company Pandora, warned that he might have to...
» read full story August 17th, 2008 - 18:19
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Business

Pandora Internet Radio Doomed By Unreasonable Royalties

Pandora Internet Radio Doomed By Unreasonable Royalties

Tim Westergren, the founder of the Internet radio company Pandora, warned that he might have to...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 14:59
IBM Supports... Chocolate and Africa

IBM Supports... Chocolate and Africa

IBM has launched an interesting strategy in Africa, which aims to help the nations on the continent...
» read full story June 27th, 2008 - 11:50
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Specials

No Significant Difference between Genetic Testing, Traditional Methods in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes

No Significant Difference between Genetic Testing, Traditional Methods in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes

The results of genetic testing for Type 2 diabetes are not significantly better than an assessment...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 15:14
Big Step Forward for Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Big Step Forward for Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 15:20
Scientists Finally Decode Cancer Genome

Scientists Finally Decode Cancer Genome

Using DNA mapping, researchers have finally traced cancer to its genetic roots, according to a...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 21:12
Esther Dyson Latest of Techies Headed for Space

Esther Dyson Latest of Techies Headed for Space

Journalist, successful investor and philanthropist Esther Dyson is the latest in the growing line...
» read full story October 26th, 2008 - 01:27
US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer

US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer

US researchers have identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in people who develop...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 13:08
Hesitant about Sharing Your Genes? Personal Genome Project Needs Volunteers

Hesitant about Sharing Your Genes? Personal Genome Project Needs Volunteers

Those who are hesitant about publicly sharing any part of their genome data, including medical...
» read full story October 22nd, 2008 - 15:28
The Beginning of Personal Genome Project: Positive and Negative Aspects

The Beginning of Personal Genome Project: Positive and Negative Aspects

Harvard Medical School genetics professor George Church, Harvard psychology professor Steven...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 14:30
Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data of 10 Volunteers Online

Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data of 10 Volunteers Online

Hoping to give medical research a big push forward, the Harvard University Medical School made the...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 18:23
Harvard's Personal Genome Project Set To Begin Soon

Harvard's Personal Genome Project Set To Begin Soon

Harvard University’s Medical School is in preparations to begin a research called the Personal...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 16:14

Scripps Conducts Study to Asses the Effects of Genetic Testing on Lifestyle Habits

San Diego’s Scripps Translational Science Institute announced its decision to conduct a study...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 17:00
How Does Gene Testing Influence Lifestyle Habits?

How Does Gene Testing Influence Lifestyle Habits?

A 20-year, landmark study involving 10,000 participants, funded by a research group and three...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 14:00

Mapping The Cancer Genome

A new discovery shows promise in cancer fight. Scientists have managed to draw a map of the...
» read full story September 06th, 2008 - 11:05

This Might Be The End For Pandora ?

According to The Washington Post, the popular web radio service Pandora is on the verge...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 18:50
IBM Gets Involved In The African Cocoa Market

IBM Gets Involved In The African Cocoa Market

IBM announced a new initiative for helping the African infrastructure with a series of researches...
» read full story June 29th, 2008 - 18:23
Genome Institute’s Renowned Director, Francis Collins, to Resign

Genome Institute’s Renowned Director, Francis Collins, to Resign

The National Human Genome Research Institute is losing one of its prestigious researchers in the...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 12:54
House Approves Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

House Approves Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

The House of Representatives in a near-unanimous vote (414-1) approved the Genetic...
» read full story May 02nd, 2008 - 13:08
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Technology

Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 09:29
Pandora Radio Makes Its Way To Sprint Phones

Pandora Radio Makes Its Way To Sprint Phones

Sprint will deliver to its customers their favorite songs through their own personalized “DJ”,...
» read full story May 23rd, 2007 - 20:38
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