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Smithsonian
February 2007
Whitney Dangerfield |
Family Ties African Americans use scientific advances to trace their roots.   |
Scientific American
June 5, 2006
Sally Lehrman |
Trace Elements Even as population geneticists battle over the meaning of race and biogeographical ancestry, a small industry has emerged out of the quest to understand human migration and identity. One new firm helps African-Americans reconnect to their ancestral past. |
Wired
September 2005
Brendan I. Koerner |
Blood Feud These are boom times for the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma. But tough times for thousands of black Indians battling for tribal citizenship. Now the Freedmen are turning to genetic science for help. |
Bio-IT World
June 2005
Kevin Davies |
First Base: Genes, Geography, and History The National Genographic Project will collect blood samples from populations around the globe, then use genetic data to trace population origins and migration routes. Some groups are critical. |
Salon.com
August 6, 2001
Andrew O'Hehir |
"The Seven Daughters of Eve" by Bryan Sykes From Wales to the South Pacific, we're all descended from seven prehistoric women, according to revolutionary new genetic discoveries... |
Smithsonian
October 2006
Steve Olson |
Neanderthal Man Svante Paabo has probed the DNA of Egyptian mummies and extinct animals. Now he hopes to learn more about what makes us tick by decoding the DNA of our evolutionary cousins. |
Wired
November 2002
David Ewing Duncan |
DNA as Destiny DNA is the book of life. It's also the book of death. In the future we'll all be read cover to cover. Here's what it's like to take the world's first top-to-bottom gene scan. |
Chemistry World
February 4, 2013 |
Richard III body found under Leicester car park The mortal remains of England's battle king Richard III have been found, bringing to a close a mystery that has puzzled scholars for centuries. Analytical tests on a skeleton found under a Leicester car park have confirmed the last resting place of the final king in the Plantagenet line. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2007
Simon A. Cole |
Double Helix Jeopardy DNA databases help solve crimes but some say they also aid and abet racial discrimination. Can there be a compromise between the desire for privacy and the need for crime control? |
| AskMen.com |
Crime: A Family Thing? Although its legality has not been tested in court, a growing number of law enforcement agencies nationwide are considering whether to adopt a technique that entails looking through the database for a near-match rather than an exact match. |
Entrepreneur
September 2005 |
Smart Ideas 09/05 Kid-customizable dollhouses... DNA traces heritage of African-Americans... Disposable underwear and socks for men and women... Affordable, professional web hosting for small businesses... |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
5 Things You Didn't Know: DNA With human cloning and other controversial bombshells waiting just around the corner, expect DNA to remain in the public eye for decades to come. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2012
Sarah C. P. Williams |
Stephen Quake: Innovative Thinking on Genetic Tests His ideas have already led to a blood test to tell a pregnant woman whether her fetus has Down syndrome. Now, the HHMI investigator is pushing further, to track the success of heart transplants and diagnose autoimmune diseases and allergies. |
Scientific American
August 21, 2006
Sally Lehrman |
Missing No Longer An international commission forges ahead to identify genocide victims. The political situation is far from settled in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and ethnic and nationalistic tensions still simmer. |
Bio-IT World
September 11, 2003
Melissa Kruse |
Soul Searching Two years ago, 2,792 lives were lost in the collapse of the World Trade Center. While rescuers labored night and day to recover the bodies, a small Michigan software company set about salvaging their identities. |
Wired
October 20, 2008
Brendan I. Koerner |
Mr. Know-It-All: How Green Are Rechargeable Batteries? Alkaline batteries are the clearly worse than rechargeable batteries when it comes to leaving a carbon footprint... Payback for a damaged laptop during an airport security check... Errors in determining ancestry from DNA... |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Emmett D. Carson |
The Black/Brown Divide There is much that foundations can do to improve relations between Mexican and African Americans. By creating a shared dialogue, foundations can assist African and Mexican Americas in finding and acting on their mutual self-interest. |
Chemistry World
July 16, 2009
James Urquhart |
New DNA technique sheds light on ancient populations A new sequencing technique that is cheaper and less wasteful has been used to decode and analyse the mitochondrial genomes of five Neanderthal individuals. |
Bio-IT World
June 2005
Robert M. Frederickson |
Crime Pays for DNAPrint Genomics DNAWITNESS 2.0 is used by law enforcement agencies to determine the likely genetic heritage of DNA samples obtained from crime scenes -- thereby narrowing the potential pool of suspects or victims. |
Bio-IT World
September 11, 2003
Kevin Davies |
Bioinformatics and National Service A small bioinformatics company gets called into the national service. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2005
Prachi Patel Predd |
Riding Life's Twists and Turns How a strand of DNA launched the co-founder of Nanogen's career in the technology behind DNA microarrays. |
Chemistry World
November 2007
Lisa Melton |
Courtroom Chemistry When analyzing the smallest traces of evidence at a crime scene, chemistry is key. |
Chemistry World
February 4, 2011
Holly Sheahan |
Crime scene DNA testing on the move A microfluidic chip that can come up with a DNA profile in less than three hours has been designed by US scientists for use at crime scenes. |
Geotimes
November 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Neanderthal DNA Unraveled Probing fossil DNA for the genetic information of a long-extinct species might sound like a feat fit for Hollywood. For two research teams, however, the stunt is starting to become reality, as they have begun to unravel the genetic code of Neanderthals. |
Chemistry World
October 5, 2012
Patrick Walter |
Forensic lab error led to miscarriage of justice A forensics error has led to an innocent man being held for five months on a charge of rape in the UK. The DNA sample from the rape victim was contaminated during a routine DNA extraction procedure, although this is thought to have been an isolated incident. |
Chemistry World
March 1, 2011
Catherine Bacon |
Unravelling chromosomes Danish scientists have used a micro device to isolate centimetre-long portions of human DNA to help study the genetic make-up of diseased cells. |
Science News
April 24, 2004 |
DNA Day An ivitation to commemorating the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the description of DNA's structure as a double helix in 1953. |
Salon.com
February 13, 2001
Arthur Allen |
Size doesn't matter As scientists unveil the human genome findings, it turns out we have a lot fewer genes than we'd thought, and not many more than a fruit fly... |
