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Ethnic background influences immune response to TB
Your ethnic background could influence the way in which your body fights tuberculosis. Over the thousands of years that humans ...
Scientists watch DNA development in a growing brain
Researchers have used chemical tracking and genome sequencing to create a time-lapse map of human brains as they develop ...
Forensic partial DNA profiles provide important but controversial information
The following is an excerpt. Forensic scientists can now construct a partial DNA profile from just a few cells, says David ...
Gene testing to screen astronauts for DNA damage risk
The following is an edited excerpt. Humans in space are at risk of a variety of ailments, from brittle bones ...
How to win people’s hearts and minds for GE farming
The following is an edited excerpt. In a carefully crafted speech, UK environment minister Owen Paterson announced that the government ...
The most detailed map of the human brain ever
A new 3D brain map called BigBrain is the most detailed ever constructed, with a resolution so high it can ...
Careless farming could cost us benefits of GM crops
The following is an edited excerpt. Resistance is far from futile. Agricultural pests are evolving immunity to the toxins in ...
Researches create vast network of genes linked to autism
The following is an excerpt. Here's a game of join the dots. Hundreds of genes have been linked to autism, ...
Artwork highlights legal debate over ‘abandoned’ DNA
A provocative art project creates "facial reconstruction" sculptures based on DNA found on trash. Is it legal? ...
Scientists identify mutations associated with intelligence for first time
In the first study of its kind that has generated a reproducible result, researchers report on ten variations in DNA ...
Stem-cell treatment restores sight to blind man
The following is an excerpt. An experimental stem-cell treatment has restored the sight of a man blinded by the degeneration ...
Human stem cells made using Dolly cloning technique
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Sixteen years after the amazing creation of Dolly the cloned sheep, researchers ...
What does it mean to be posthuman?
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. How would you like to be a posthuman? You know, a ...
Genetics helps determine where the H7N9 bird flu came from
The following is an excerpt. The new H7N9 bird flu strain continues to spread across China. Currently, more than 120 ...
Heading south for the new origin of our species
The following is an excerpt. We have unearthed more and more ancient human species in recent years. Rather than there ...
Mouse hepatitis virus may help end chimp research
The following is an excerpt. A newly discovered rodent virus that resembles hepatitis C could give research chimps a break ...
Economic recession can effect your genes
New insights into how genes are triggered in times of stress suggest that we should be paying attention to the ...
What makes smart people do dumb things
Our usual measures of intelligence – particularly IQ – have very little to do with irrational, illogical behaviors. You really ...
Storm erupts over publishing of HeLa genome
The following is an excerpt. One of the world's most prestigious laboratories is frantically trying to resolve a row over ...
Genetic engineering turns microbes into industrial powerhouses
Thanks to a new method of gene expression quality control, the next industrial revolution could be biological ...
Gene therapy cures leukaemia in eight days
The following is an excerpt. Within just eight days of starting a novel gene therapy, David Aponte's "incurable" leukaemia had ...
Who wants to live alongside sabre-toothed tigers?
The following is an excerpt. A few weeks back I chanced across a post by Carla Sinclair at BoingBoing in which she ...
Don’t fear babies made with genes from three parents
The following is an excerpt. NOBODY knows how many of them there are, but we know they exist. They are ...
Are breast milk stem cells the real deal for medicine?
The following is an excerpt. Proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins are all on the menu for a breastfed baby. Now it ...
‘New life’ found in Antarctica’s Lake Vostok
The following is an edited excerpt. There is something alive in Lake Vostok, deep beneath the East Antarctic ice sheet, ...
“Adam” born 338,000 years ago in revised estimate
DNA collected from an African American suggests that the "genetic Adam" may have lived far longer ago than previously thought ...
New blood test finds elusive fetal gene problem
The following is an excerpt. A new non-invasive blood test for pregnant women could make it easier to catch abnormalities ...
Detecting the ‘genetic’ characteristics of malware
The battle between malicious software and computer anti-virus programs is continuous and ever-evolving. But thinking of malware in a biological ...
