The dog is thought to be the most varied mammal on earth. Even Darwin marveled at the diversity of dog shape, size and colour.There are over 300 recognized domestic dog breeds across the world and they are all of...
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British scientists at the Sanger Institute in the UK have made a startling breakthrough in cancer research, having identified tumors that cause healthy cells to turn cancerous in both skin and lung cancer patients....
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Lung cancer studies have results to a family link, risks were found on Chromosomes 5, 6 and 15 "Those with certain genetic changes on chromosome 5 were more likely to get a type of cancer called adenocarcinoma and...
Scientists are working on creating a living Mammoth (extinct elephant relative) from recovered hair, and expect to be able to do it for less than $10 million (the price of one of McCain's homes- before the housing market blew out). If they're successful, this means that,...
My curiousity about how biological outbreaks can be identified and tracked -- such as the recent Maple Leaf Foods listeria outbreak in Canada -- lead me to this abstract. Genome sequencing, or a...
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" Genetic variations which predispose people to a common inflammatory bowel condition have been uncovered by a team of German and UK researchers. It was known that ulcerative colitis, which affects around...
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New information published in the journal Nature sheds new light on the origin of the virus that causes AIDS, a scourge that has spread around the world and killed millions."A biopsy taken from an African woman...
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" Dutch researchers have decoded the DNA sequence of the fungus which produces penicillin. It is hoped that uncovering the genome of Penicillium chrysogenum will boost the development of new antibiotics to...
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"An ancient organism from the pit of a collapsed volcano may hold the key to tomorrow's hydrogen economy. Scientists from across the world have formed a team to unlock the process refined by a billions-year old archaea. The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute...
So we think the general population is getting heavier, but if this research pans out, we are all about to get a lot fatter! Heres a summary of what is going to happen. Cocoa crops getting bigger, more chocolate is...
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“Watching our own DNA instruction book emerge letter by letter..." has been Francis Collins, director and face of the Human Genome Project. Over the course of his 15 year long career with The National Human...
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The Platypus is one of nature's strangest animals. It has a bill like a duck, fur like a mammal, and venom like a snake. But scientists in Australia say they have now mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus,...
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How would you feel if you were required to pay higher premiums, or worse yet - denied coverage - if an insurance agency found you were "more likely" than the average human being to acquire a particular disease?...
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The highlighted article refers to a recent technology and design conference in California. Geneticist Craig Venter disclosed that he is working on a project involving modified bacteria. The goal is to increase the...
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I knew those bats were up to something -- with their night flying, their sonar systems, and their disease spreading ways...And it's strange to think that the virus travelled from bats to humans to civets to pigs...