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• Three technologies that could transform patient care

  Three mouthfuls of letters - RNAi, IPSCs and GWAS - encompass the hottest research topics in biomedical science today. The three technologies could revolutionise healthcare in the coming decades, although they are at different stages of development. RNAi Read More...
  Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 5:04 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Genomics, RNA interference

• DNA Technology Posts Dramatic Speed Increases

  A prominent genetics institute recently sequenced its trillionth base pair of DNA, highlighting just how fast genome sequencing technology has improved this century. Every two minutes, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute sequences as many base pairs as Read More...
  Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 2:46 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Genomics, DNA sequencing

• New Science Of Metagenomics 'Will Transform Modern Microbiology'

  The emerging field of metagenomics, where the DNA of entire communities of microbes is studied simultaneously, presents the greatest opportunity -- perhaps since the invention of the microscope -- to revolutionize understanding of the microbial world... Read more
  Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 2:25 AM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Genomics, Microbes

• Yacht voyage yields array of new genes

  A yacht voyage that genome pioneer Craig Venter took around the world has turned up a startling array of new genes and new gene families. They have found genes that help microbes use the sun's energy in new ways, genes that help them use nitrogen,... Read more
  Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:10 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Genomics, Craig Venter

• Genetic privacy protected by law

  The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), introduced into Congress on January 16, if passed, will become the first federal law to prevent employers from collecting genetic information on their employees. It would also outlaw genetic d... Read more
  Posted Sunday, February 25, 2007 9:10 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Genomics, Privacy

• Biology Goes Open Source

  Some of the world's biggest drug companies are finding that their genetic research is worth more to them if they give it away. Novartis has helped uncover which of the 20,000 genes identified by the Human Genome Project are likely to be associated... Read more
  Posted Tuesday, February 13, 2007 4:13 AM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 2 Comments

  Tags: Genomics, Intellectual Property

• Beyond the DNA: Chemical signatures reveal genetic switches in the genome

  Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have made a breakthrough in identifying functional ele... Read more
  Posted Tuesday, February 06, 2007 12:05 AM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Genomics

• AFM allows for measuring individual gene transcript molecules

  Researchers have developed a new method to measure gene transcription levels from minute samples, including single cells, using an atomic force microscope (AFM). The method paves the way for more accurate disease prediction, diagnostics, and treatmen... Read more
  Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007 6:57 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Genomics, Microscopes, Atomic force microscopes

• Ice Age DNA may now be sequenced

  We might now be able to sequence the genomes of mammoths and even Neanderthals, thanks to a new way to correct the errors in sequencing ancient DNA that are made because it degrades over time.... Read more
  Posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 1:03 AM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Genomics, DNA sequencing

• Scientists Say They've Found a Code Beyond Genetics in DNA

  Researchers believe they have found a second code in DNA in addition to the genetic code. The second code, superimposed on the first, sets the placement of the nucleosomes, miniature protein spools around which the DNA is looped. ... Read more
  Posted Monday, July 24, 2006 9:54 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 2 Comments

  Tags: Genomics, Epigenetics