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Smoker's risk with lung cancer by genetics
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...
Resurrect Dead Relatives for $10 Million
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,... 
Listeria persists for years
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... 
Inflammatory bowel gene uncovered
" 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...
HIV May Have Been Infecting Humans For A Century
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... 
created by Barbara McPherson | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Penicillin bug genome unravelled
" 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...VaTech, D.O.E, Russians, collaborators study rare microorganism that produces...
"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...
Unlimited supply of chocolate for the world.
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...
Helmsman of the Genome Project to Resign
“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...
World's Strangest Creature? Part Mammal, Part Reptile
The platypus is really considered the strangest creature on the Earth........""The platypus is a very ancient offshoot of the mammal tree, so it was 166 million years ago that we last shared a common ancestor with...
Platypus is found to have a cocktail of genomes
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,...
American Physicians Speak Out Against "Genetic Discrimination", in Favor of A...
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?... 
Teaching bacteria to drink CO2 and belch methane
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...
Bats Not Cats to Blame for SARS
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...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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