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Choir to sing the 'code of life'
Scientists and composers produce a new choral work in which singers sing parts of their own genetic code.
From the BBC News-2010-7-11:8:11:1
Scientists Criticize Study on Genetics of Old Age
They said an article in the journal Science saying that a test could predict who would live to extreme old age was probably incorrect.
From the NYTimes News-2010-7-9:14:11:1
Face transplanted with eyelids: French surgeon
A French surgeon says he has conducted a full-face transplant including eyelids and tear ducts, in a rare operation on a 35-year-old man with a genetic disorder.
From the CBC News-2010-7-8:14:11:1
EU wants ban on cloned animal meat
The European Parliament has called for a ban on meat from cloned animals, saying more tests are needed to prove it is safe for humans to eat.
From the CBC News-2010-7-7:14:11:1
DNA test helps find family roots
A simple DNA test could pinpoint the roots of a person's family to within a few miles, according to a new study.
From the BBC News-2010-7-6:14:11:1
Centenarians' genetic secrets revealed
Predicting whether someone is genetically predisposed to live in good health to a very old age has moved a step forward.
From the CBC News-2010-7-1:20:11:3
Scientists Cite Fastest Case of Human Evolution
In a study of the human genome, biologists in China cited Tibetans’ unique ability to breathe air that has 40 percent less oxygen than is available at sea level.
From the NYTimes News-2010-7-1:20:11:2
Genetic Finding May Provide Test for Longevity
Scientists say they have identified genetic variants that predict extreme longevity with 77 percent accuracy.
From the NYTimes News-2010-7-1:20:11:1
MDs warn of online stem cell therapies
Unproven stem cell therapies sold online could be dangerous and costly, say researchers who have launched a website to educate and protect patients.
From the CBC News-2010-7-1:14:11:2
Genes predict living beyond 100
Scientists in the US have developed way of predicting how likely a person is to live beyond the age of 100.
From the BBC News-2010-7-1:14:11:1
Genetic roots of some hair loss identified
A common form of hair loss called alopecia areata is linked to eight genes, researchers have found.
From the CBC News-2010-7-1:8:11:1
Observatory: Why Fish Came Ashore
A genetic defect in certain fish may have stunted fin growth and led to the development of limbs and the emergence of land dwelling creatures.
From the NYTimes News-2010-6-28:20:11:1
Effort Uses Dogs’ DNA to Track Their Abusers
A coalition of scientists and animal rights advocates has found a way to do for victims of animal abuse what the criminal justice system has done for human crime victims.
From the NYTimes News-2010-6-27:8:11:1
Genetically Altered Salmon Set to Move Closer to Your Table
The first engineered animal for people to eat, salmon that grow faster than normal, may be approved by the F.D.A.
From the NYTimes News-2010-6-26:8:11:1
National Briefing | Washington: Suit on Stem Cell Policy to Proceed
A federal appeals court reinstated a lawsuit that challenges an Obama administration policy for federal financing for some research on human embryonic stem cells.
From the NYTimes News-2010-6-26:8:11:2
African livestock genes 'ignored'
The genetic diversity of Africa's indigenous livestock needs to be tapped before it is lost forever, warn researchers.
From the BBC News-2010-6-24:14:11:1
Fin to limb evolution clue found
A study has shed light on a key genetic step in the evolution of animals' limbs from the fins of fish, scientists say.
From the BBC News-2010-6-24:8:11:1
Brave new world
The human genome and a new age of medicine
From the BBC News-2010-6-23:20:11:1
Eye damage reversed with stem cells: study
Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells, Italian researchers say.
From the CBC News-2010-6-23:20:11:2
Cystic fibrosis survivors over 40 offer clues
More people with cystic fibrosis are surviving past age 40, offering patients and doctors a guide on what to expect from the incurable genetic disease.
From the CBC News-2010-6-22:14:11:1
A Conversation With Elaine Fuchs: Discovering the Wonders of Skin Cells
Elaine Fuchs, the new president of the International Society for Stem Cell research, studies the biochemistry of skin tissue.
From the NYTimes News-2010-6-21:20:11:2
Court overturns Monsanto seed ban
The US Supreme Court has overturned a ruling barring Monsanto from selling genetically modified seeds until they can be tested.
From the BBC News-2010-6-21:20:11:1
UK patients 'have genes mapped'
A hospital begins decoding all the genes of individual patients, 10 years after the publication of the first human genome sequence.
From the BBC News-2010-6-21:14:11:1
Scientists pinpoint missing height clues
Tiny genetic changes are responsible for almost half of the variation in height between individuals, scientists have announced.
From the CBC News-2010-6-21:14:11:2
Stem cell therapy 'damage' seen
Scientists warn about a new complication of stem cell therapy seen in a patient being treated for kidney disease.
From the BBC News-2010-6-17:20:11:1
Study Criticizes Swine-Flu Follow-Up
Researchers in Hong Kong find too little genetic surveillance of last year’s human pandemic, which is now infecting pigs in China.
From the NYTimes News-2010-6-17:20:11:2
H1N1 swaps genes with other pig viruses: study
Swine herds should be watched closely for changes in the pandemic H1N1 virus, say scientists who found the virus has been swapping genes with other viruses in pigs.
From the CBC News-2010-6-17:20:11:3
A Decade Later, Gene Map Yields Few New Cures
The primary goal of the $3 billion Human Genome Project — to ferret out the genetic roots of common diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s and then generate treatments — remains largely elusive.
From the NYTimes News-2010-6-12:14:11:1
Studies Show Jews’ Genetic Similarity
A surprise from two surveys is the closeness of the Jewish groups of Europe, the Ashkenazim and the Sephardim.
From the NYTimes News-2010-6-9:20:11:1
Autism tied to rare gene changes: study
People with autism show rare patterns of changes in their genome that may not be inherited, a new international study shows.
From the CBC News-2010-6-9:14:11:2
Gene find unwraps Jewish diaspora
Scientists have shed light on the complexities of Jewish heritage with an in-depth genetic study.
From the BBC News-2010-6-9:14:11:1
Legal fight over breast cancer gene begins
Landmark legal action challenging a patent over breast cancer gene BRCA1 is being launched in Australia.
From the CBC News-2010-6-8:14:11:1
Observatory: Gene Variant Makes Plants Resistant to Infection, but Slow-Growing
Researchers found that plants that produce more quantities of a chemical that battles pathogens also tend to grow more slowly.
From the NYTimes News-2010-6-7:20:11:2
Scientist at Work: George M. Church: A Mission to Sequence the Genomes of 100,000 People
The Harvard geneticist has co-founded or advises some 22 businesses that focus on things like synthetic biology, genetic sequencing and providing genetic testing to consumers.
From the NYTimes News-2010-6-7:20:11:1
Banned GM maize sown in Germany
A genetically modified (GM) variety of maize banned in the EU has contaminated fields in seven German states.
From the BBC News-2010-6-7:14:11:1
Argentine media heirs in DNA row
DNA tests are set to be conducted to try to discover if the heirs to an Argentine media empire were stolen as babies during military rule.
From the BBC News-2010-6-7:14:11:2
Academic quits GM food commitee
UK academic quits government committee on genetically modified food, raising concerns about its impartiality.
From the BBC News-2010-6-3:14:11:1
Attacking cancer
Genetic research paves way to new approach
From the BBC News-2010-5-31:8:11:1
Quebec DNA bank halfway to goal
A Quebec project to create a giant bank of DNA for medical research purposes has passed the halfway mark toward its goal.
From the CBC News-2010-5-30:14:11:1
From Californians’ DNA, a Giant Genome Project
More than 130,000 members of Kaiser Permanente in Northern California have volunteered to have their DNA scanned as part of the largest human genome study of its kind ever attempted.
From the NYTimes News-2010-5-30:8:11:1
Stem Cell Therapeutics shares plummet
Shares in Calgary-based Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. tumbled 75 per cent Tuesday after the Canadian biotech announced the failure of mid-stage tests of a treatment for strokes.
From the CBC News-2010-5-25:20:11:1
Remarkable Creatures: Tracking the Ancestry of Corn Back 9,000 Years
The combined detective work of botanists, geneticists and archeologists has been able to identify the wild ancestor of maize.
From the NYTimes News-2010-5-24:20:11:2
Synthetic life patents 'damaging'
A leading UK scientist says efforts to patent the first synthetic life form would give its creator a monopoly on a range of genetic engineering.
From the BBC News-2010-5-24:20:11:1
Synthetic Cells and the Energy Quest
A step forward on the genetic path to an energy revolution.
From the NYTimes News-2010-5-20:20:11:1
Synthetic Bacterial Genome Takes Over Cell
J. Craig Venter calls his result a “synthetic cell” that will open the way to creating useful microbes from scratch, but some scientists see the approach as unpromising.
From the NYTimes News-2010-5-20:14:11:2
Scientists make 'artificial life'
Scientists in the US succeed in developing the first living bacterial cell to be controlled entirely by synthetic DNA.
From the BBC News-2010-5-20:14:11:1
World Briefing | Europe: Spain: Fighting Bull Is Cloned
Vicente Torrent, a specialist in veterinary genetics, said the newborn calf, named Got, is an exact replica of a muscular, horned specimen of the type that matadors face in bullrings.
From the NYTimes News-2010-5-20:8:11:1
Blood disorder checks suggested for P.E.I.
Prince Edward Islanders are at a high risk of having Canada's most common genetic disorder, hemochromatosis, and more screening should be done, says a national society.
From the CBC News-2010-5-19:8:11:1
Vital Signs: Testing Link Between Diabetes and Family History
In a trial using volunteers from families with and without a history of diabetes, researchers saw more problems in those with a genetic susceptibility to the disease.
From the NYTimes News-2010-5-17:20:11:1
Chameleon Fever, but No Malaria
The day is booked solid with catching up on field notes, taking photographs, and preparing DNA samples and museum specimens. We have to get this done in a dark and damp mossy forest, using our knees as lab benches, and headlamps for light.
From the NYTimes News-2010-5-14:20:11:1
DNA clue to life at high altitude
The ability of Tibetans to live high in the mountains may be due largely to 10 genes in their DNA, researchers say.
From the BBC News-2010-5-14:8:11:1
Genetic test kits put on hold by U.S. pharmacy
The largest U.S. drugstore chain, Walgreen Co., said it will hold off selling what was poised to be the first over-the-counter genetic test, after the FDA said the kit has not been proven effective.
From the CBC News-2010-5-13:20:11:2
U.S. Clears Test of Gene-Altered Trees in South
The controversial test is meant to see if the eucalyptus trees can become a new source of wood, as well as material for biofuels.
From the NYTimes News-2010-5-13:20:11:1
Costa Rica Learn Jaguars Need a Smooth Commute
Scientists have realized that many species of big cats need connecting corridors because migration helps to intermix gene pools and to repopulate areas.
From the NYTimes News-2010-5-12:8:11:1
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