Genome

Big Pharma Company Battles To Buy Gene Science Firm

Reuters | Ben Hirschler | Posted 04.25.2012

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By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday its $2.6 billion bid for long-time partner Human Genome...

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WATCH: What Gorilla Genes Reveal About Human Evolution

AP | By ALICIA CHANG | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Video, Gorilla Genome, Genome, Human Gorilla, Gorilla, Genetics, Primate, Gorilla Dna, Ap, Human Genome, Science News

LOS ANGELES -- Take a trip to the zoo and you can see gorillas are a lot like us. But a new DNA study says we're even more similar than scientists tho...

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Are Men Headed For Extinction?

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Y Chromosome, Dna, Video, Male, Genome, Extinction, Men, Guys Going Extinct, Men Going Extinct, Sperm, Gender, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/22/2012 02:37 PM EST on LiveScience Contrary to previous belief, men may not be on...

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Caveman DNA Breakthrough Raises Thorny Ethics Question

Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Denisovan Dna, Denisovan Clone, Denisovan, Video, Neanderthal Clone, Genome, Caveman Dna, Early Human Genome, Denisovan Genome, Early Human Dna, Early Human Clone, Max Planck Institute, Science News

Clone a caveman? That's still in the realm of science fiction. But for the first time ever, researchers at Germany's Max Planck Institute have compile...

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Before You Are Pregnant

Anne Wojcicki | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Genetic Testing, Genome, Human Genome, Science News

Currently insurance companies, by and large, pay for targeted carrier status genetic testing if it can be justified and if you are pregnant. But this timing is not optimal and the ancestry guesswork is often wrong. Consumers should have the choice to test before conception.

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Low-Cost DNA Decoder Promises Medical Revolution

AP | By MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Dna, DNA Decoder, Video, DNA Machine, Human Genome Project, Genome, DNA Analysis, Science News

NEW YORK -- A biotechnology company announced it has developed a machine to decode an individual's DNA in a day for $1,000, a long-sought price goal f...

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WATCH: Form Is Process In Stunning Design Exhibition

VernissageTV | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Form, Design Miami, Genome, Morphology, Haresh-Lalvani, Design, Interview, Moss, Moss Gallery, Mathematics, Video, Arts News

"Form is Process". "Mass Customization". "Infinite Infinities". "Number is All". "The Moral Justification for Modernist Standardization... is no more"...

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How DNA Can Help You Find The Perfect Lover

Lone Frank | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Genetics, Dna, Genetic Love Match, Genome, DNA Love Match, DNA Dating, Dating, Books News

A Swiss company called GenePartner ("Love is no coincidence") has taken the search for a mate to a new level by developing a biological matching syste...

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Literature Leaps into the 22nd Century, Lands Awkwardly

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dna, Elizabeth Alexander, Literature Twitter, Literature, Robert Pinsky, Claudia Rankine, Twitter Literature, Twitter, Genome, Craig Venter, Genetics, James Joyce, Richard Frynman, Human Genome, Tattoos, Healthy Living News

As scientists improve their ability to manipulate the genome, will a market might emerge for people who want to imprint quotes into their own DNA, or even their children's, as a sort of genetic tattoo?

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Overcoming Genophobia

Misha Angrist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Genome Project, Dna, Genes, Genome Project, Stem Cell, Genome, Science, Harvard, Scientific Study, George Church, Human Genome, Books News

DNA in a test tube is prosaic: the "stuff of life" looks a lot like what emerges from a child's runny nose. But there has long been something taboo in that tube.

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New Research Suggests Simple White flower Has World's Longest Genome

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris Japonica, Flower Genome, Genome, Nature, Green News

LONDON — An ordinary-looking white flower from Japan may carry something quite extraordinary within its pale petals – the longest genome e...

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Don't "Protect" Us From Our Own Genetic Information

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hipaa, Genetic Testing, Dna, Ftc, Heritage, Genome, Ancestry, Science, Medical, Genetics, Genealogy, Fda, Genomics, Direct-to-Consumer, Nist, Human Genome, Technology News

Unfortunately, there is a tendency towards a paternalistic attitude by certain groups in the medical professions who seek to limit access to medical information that is not directly under their control.

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Neanderthal DNA Found In Human DNA: Human Ancestors Mated With Extinct Species, Researchers Say

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — We have met Neanderthal and he is us – at least a little. The most detailed look yet at the Neanderthal genome helps answer o...

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Potato Genome CRACKED By International Research Team

AP | DAVID N. GOODMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT — A global team of researchers has mapped the genetic code of the world's most popular vegetable – the potato. The draft of the p...

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Daily Mail: Artificial Life Will Be Created "Within Months" As Genome Experts Claim Vital Breakthrough

The Daily Mail | Posted 05.25.2011

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Artificial life will be made to order in the laboratory within four months, a controversial biologist has claimed. U.S genome expert Craig Venter, sa...

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Stephen Quake, Stanford Prof, Sequences Own Entire Genome In A Week

AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — It might not be long until there is a gene scanner in every doctor's office, as DNA sequencing becomes faster and cheaper. A St...

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Decode Your DNA For $1,000

Wired | Thomas Goetz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Genome Project, Mapping Your Genome, Genome, Tracing Your Genome, Human Genome, Healthy Living News

At the age of 65, my grandfather the manager of a leather tannery in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, suffered a severe heart attack. He had chest pains and wa...

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'Powerful New Strategy' Offers New Hope Of Linking Genes To Specific Diseases

MSNBC | Jeneen Interlandi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sifting through the 25,000 genes that make up the human genome to find the causes of disease may take a lot less time now, thanks to a new approach de...

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