Safeguards against misuse of genetic data urged

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Recent scientific progress includes the mapping of the entire human genetic code, or genome, which was completed in 2003, and ...

Scientists discover marker to identify, attack breast cancer stem cells

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Breast cancer stem cells wear a cell surface protein that is part nametag and part bull's eye, identifying them as ...

Advanced genetic screening method may speed vaccine development

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Vaccines remain the best line of defense against deadly pathogens and now Kathryn Sykes and Stephen Johnston, researchers at Arizona ...