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Chemistry World
March 23, 2007
John Bonner |
Mice Get Full-Colour Vision Genetically engineered mice that see the world in full color, or at least in the same colors as humans see, have been created in a US lab. Most mammals lost the ability to distinguish colors during the age of the dinosaurs.   |
Bio-IT World
February 11, 2005
Kevin Davies |
Bioinformatics on the Brain Adaptive selection: accelerated mutation rate produced humans' large brain. |
Bio-IT World
March 8, 2005
Kevin Davies |
Evolution of New Genes Studied EMBL researchers use comparative genomic analysis to identify new primate-specific gene family. |
Chemistry World
February 24, 2010
James Urquhart |
Buckyball-based gene delivery Japanese researchers have demonstrated effective gene delivery in mice using carbon buckyballs. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
November 2001
David Schardt |
Genetically Engineered Foods: Are They Safe? Using biotechnology to produce food has enormous potential: safer pesticides and less harm to wildlife, more nutritious foods, and greater yields to help feed the world's hungry nations. It's the risks of dicing and splicing Mother Nature that are harder to get a handle on... |
Scientific American
September 2009
Melinda Wenner |
Gene therapy: An Interview with an Unfortunate Pioneer Lessons learned by James M. Wilson, the scientist behind the first gene therapy death |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
Fusion genes that drive solid tumors are a new target for cancer therapies The success of Gleevec and related drugs has inspired researchers to step up their hunt for the molecular defects underlying other cancers. |
Chemistry World
May 21, 2012
Simon Hadlington |
Rewritable DNA for digital data storage A rewritable memory storage module can form the basis of a digital memory system, scientists suggest, with the cell being able to 'record' transient changes in its internal chemistry. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2012
Nicole Kresge |
Locating a Genetic Glitch A team of 41 scientists led by HHMI investigator Louis Ptacek has pinpointed the gene responsible for a rare disease that causes sudden, uncontrollable movements. The culprit is a little known protein that may be responsible for communication between neurons. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Maternal and Paternal Genes Don't Always Have The Same Effect On Offspring The genes you inherited from your mom and those passed along from your dad don't have equal footing when it comes to how they influence your biology. |
| AskMen.com |
The "Fatso" Gene One hour of moderate to vigorous exercise a day can help teens beat the effects of a common obesity-related gene with the nickname "fatso." |
Chemistry World
November 30, 2006
Jessica Ebert |
Morning After Pill Might Prevent Breast Cancer The active ingredient of the morning-after pill -- mifepristone, or RU-486 -- prevents the formation of mammary-cell tumours in mice with a mutation in the breast cancer susceptibility gene, BRCA1, report scientists. |
Popular Mechanics
September 25, 2009
Erin McCarthy |
Fringe's Human Mutant Not Possible, Says Expert We won't ever have to worry about Fringe's part-mole-rat, part-scorpion, part-human mutant in real life because it's not within the realm of possibility. |
Popular Mechanics
April 15, 2009
Erin McCarthy |
Is Fringe's Genetic Monster Possible? Unlike the monster on Fringe, altered animals typically have only a single gene difference from non-altered animals -- but they can look different. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011 |
Seeing is Believing Today, researchers are finding clever ways to deliver long-lasting, healthy genes without triggering a serious immune response. |
Science News
April 22, 2006 |
From the April 18, 1936, issue Night-illuminated museum offers "spooky" sights... Importance of heredity as cause of cancer stressed... |
Salon.com
December 19, 2000
Carolyn McConnell |
"The Century of the Gene" by Evelyn Fox Keller A new book argues that there may be no such thing as a gene. At least, it has proved very difficult to isolate a discrete physical item that can do the work our notion of the gene does... |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
John Carey |
The NIH's Roadmap for Research Charting the human genome was just the beginning. Now the focus is creating pathways that will lead to practical applications. |
Scientific American
July 2008
Christine Soares |
Looking at Yesterday's Genes for Tomorrow's Cures Resurrected "jumping gene" could deliver DNA. |
| AskMen.com |
Mean People A new study in the journal Psychological Science suggests that if people have certain gene variants, they're more likely to be nice. |
InternetNews
June 6, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Your Brain on Blue Gene IBM researchers and scientists in Switzerland will create a digital 3D model of the brain with Blue Gene. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 35
David Bradley |
Teen Gene A puberty gene called "Harry Potter" has been discovered by UK and US scientists. |
Fast Company
March 2006
Ramez Naam |
The Body: Bulletproof Gene therapy is on its way - and it's coming fast. |
InternetNews
September 7, 2004
Clint Boulton |
IBM's Blue Gene Breaks New Research Ground The four-rack supercomputer system will map protein structures in the hope of manufacturing more effective drugs for humans. |
Salon.com
June 27, 2000
Tabitha M. Powledge |
Book of life? Hosanna! The Human Genome Project has been completed. We will now cure diseases, weed out defective genes and create a new supergeneration in the near future. Not. |
Salon.com
May 1, 2000
Arthur Allen |
Listening to DNA The genome project is getting the buzz. But the real breakthroughs may come from labs out of the limelight, like Gene Logic. |
Bio-IT World
January 21, 2005
Kevin Davies |
Allen Brain Institute Debuts 'Google for Gene Activity' The Allen Institute for Brain Science has released its first set of gene-expression data in the brain for nearly 2,000 mouse genes. The data will have important relevance for the study of brain function, disease, and the role of genes in governing human behavior. |
Fast Company
November 2009
David H. Freedman |
The Gene Bubble: Why We Still Aren't Disease-Free When the human genome was first sequenced nearly a decade ago, the world lit up with talk about how new gene-specific drugs would help us cheat death. Well, the verdict is in: Keep eating those greens. |
BusinessWeek
March 6, 2006
Bruce Einhorn |
A Cancer Treatment You Can't Get Here China, with lower regulatory hurdles, is racing to a lead in gene therapy. |
Chemistry World
May 17, 2006
Bea Perks |
Biochemists Reveal Hidden Drug Effects Researchers have identified unexpected drug activities by probing biochemical pathways inside living cells. |
