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Brain methylation map published
Researchers have made an extensive map of several types of methylation in the brains of mice and humans. The work, ...
GE Fashion: Scientists engineer silkworms to produce fluorescent fabrics
The following is an edited excerpt. Researchers have genetically engineered silkworms to produce colored fluorescent silks, which are starting to ...
Bacterial DNA found in human genomes
The following is an excerpt. A team of scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine has found the ...
What researchers learn by investigating species’ genomes
The following is an editorial summary. When researchers sequence, map, and decode the genomes of other species, they often find ...
The present and future of neurogenomics
The following is an edited excerpt. On April 2nd, 2013, President Obama proposed a forward-thinking, $100 million research program designed ...
Scientists create gene therapy virus that targets the retina
The following is an excerpt. Using mouse eyes as a setting for directed evolution, scientists have created a new version ...
Muscle disease gene identified in fish
The following is an excerpt. If you prod a zebrafish embryo, it will normally twitch its tail and try to ...
The epigenetics of monogomy in prarie voles
The following is an edited excerpt. The mechanism behind prairie voles’ lifelong social monogamy is partly epigenetic, according to a ...
Drug-resistant avian flu strains emerge
The following is an edited excerpt. The H7N9 strain of bird flu circulating in China appears to have easily developed ...
Don’t Fear GM Crops, Europe!
The following is an edited excerpt. Researchers have genetically modified crop plants to grow well in harsh environments where conventional ...
Probing the genetics of intelligence
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Researchers in China will scour the genomes of 1,600 super-smart people in ...
Genome digest: What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
The following is an editorial summary of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. What can ...
Gene therapy for sensory disorders
The following is an excerpt. Sensory disorders can have a profound effect on health and quality of life—but gene therapy ...
Unproven stem-cell treatment given green light
The following is an edited excerpt. A combination of patient-derived stem cells, which have no publication record of efficacy, can ...
Italy: Stem-cell cocktail given green light
The following is an excerpt. A combination of patient-derived stem cells, which have no publication record of efficacy, can now ...
Genomics in the clinic
The following is an excerpt. When will whole human genome sequencing hit the long-sought-after $1,000 mark? How will scientists bear ...
Genetics-poverty link questioned
The following is an excerpt. Economists at Brown University and Williams College published a paper in this month’s issue of the American Economic ...
New fetal genetic test opens a host of ethical questions
ScientistYear of the FetusScientist“This will affect the complexity of genetic counseling tremendously,” said Emily Hardisty, a certified genetic counselor and ...
Stem cells transplanted in human brain create myelin
Neural stem cells transplanted into the brains of people with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) can differentiate and begin producing the myelin ...
Billion dollar babies of the human genome
The Human Genome Project (HGP) deciphered the entirety of the human genetic code in just over a decade. Though science ...
Was Lamarck right? How epigenetics may work
While no biologist believes that organisms can willfully change their physiology in response to their environment and pass those changes ...
Anti-GMO study is “inadequate”, says European Food Safety Authority
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has found that a controversial study, which claimed to link genetically modified (GM) crops ...
Gene therapy approval?
After 20 years of high-profile failure, gene therapy is finally well on its way to clinical approval ...
Could stem cells cure MS?
Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) have become a popular potential therapy for numerous autoimmune and neurological disorders. But while these ...
