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Doggy Genes -- Newly Sequenced Genome Could Shed Light on Human Diseases »
Posted by: Fi5herman 5 months ago in Science & Technology
Molecular biologists have completely sequenced the first dog genome. Understanding how genetics plays a role in canine diseases could lead to new treatments for diseases ...
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Neanderthal genome to be unveiled »
Posted by: altnrg 10 months ago in Science & Technology
The entire genome of a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal has been sequenced by a team of scientists in Germany. The group is already extracting DNA from ...
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Cure for the Common Cold? Not Yet, but Possible »
Posted by: DiffeeOnline 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
Researchers said Thursday that they had decoded the genomes of the 99 strains of common cold virus and developed a catalog of its vulnerabilities.
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How much would you pay to see your future? »
Posted by: altnrg 3 weeks, 3 days ago in Science & Technology
Three years after the human genome was sequenced at a price tag of $3 billion, Complete Genomics does it for just $4,400 in material ...
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Human Genome reports positive data on lupus drug »
Posted by: altnrg 1 month ago in Health & Fitness
Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline said Monday their experimental lupus treatment passed another key goal on its path to potentially becoming the first new drug ...
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Cloning the Woolly Mammoth »
Posted by: socialexpert 1 year ago in Science & Technology
You don ’t know this, but your life is empty and missing something important. You need a woolly mammoth in the living room, and on ...
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Man-made organisms will be here in four months, say biologists »
Posted by: travelcn 3 months, 1 week ago in Health & Fitness
U.S genome expert Craig Venter, said his team have overcome a vital obstacle in the development of new man-made organisms.
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First Draft Of The Pig: Researchers Sequence Swine Genome »
Posted by: myfairlady 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
A global collaborative has produced a first draft of the genome of a domesticated pig, an achievement that will lead to insights in agriculture, medicine ...
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Did Neanderthals have sex with modern man? - »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 3 weeks, 5 days ago in Science & Technology
We are currently the only human species alive, but as recently as maybe 24,000 years ago another one walked the earth — the Neanderthals.
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Scientists narrow search for genes associated with the ability to 'see' sounds »
Posted by: altnrg 9 months, 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
A new study identifies specific chromosomal regions linked to auditory visual synaesthesia, a neurological condition characterized by seeing colors in response to sounds. The research ...
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'Junk' DNA Cut-and-paste Protein »
Posted by: myfairlady 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Scientists have identified how a protein enables sections of so-called junk DNA to be cut and pasted within genetic code – a finding which could speed ...
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My Genome, My Self »
Posted by: Neophile 10 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
One of the parks of being a psychologist is access to tools that allow you to carry out the injunction to know thyself. I have ...
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HIV's ancestors 'plagued first mammals' »
Posted by: hoo1live 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
(PhysOrg.com) -- The retroviruses which gave rise to HIV have been battling it out with mammal immune systems since mammals first evolved around 100 million ...
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Human Genome drug Benlysta may cost $20,000 a year »
Posted by: BonaDeaJr 2 months ago in Science & Technology
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a very complicated disease. It affects the body’s immune system, involving the body’s organs, kidneys, brain, lungs, joints, blood ...
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Scientists decode human genome's instruction manual »
Posted by: hensil 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The genome project identified about 25,000 genes that are needed to make a healthy human being, but said nothing about how they combine to ...
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