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Scientific American
July 2009
Charles Q. Choi |
Being More Infantile May Have Led to Bigger Brains Genetic evidence suggests that juvenile traits helped separate chimps from us   |
Chemistry World
June 17, 2015
James Urquhart |
Promising compound offers single dose knock-out for malaria Ian Gilbert and colleagues, working with the Medicines for Malaria Venture, have found a compound dubbed DDD107498 which kills Plasmodium falciparum -- the species responsible for most dangerous form of malaria. |
Chemistry World
March 21, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
New antimalarial drug class resists resistance Early indications also show that it may take longer for the parasite to develop resistance to the new molecules than it has for existing drugs targeting the same pathway. |
Chemistry World
September 10, 2007
Lewis Brindley |
Taking the Sting Out of Malaria Scientists have identified sugar chains lining the mosquito's gut that the malaria parasite latches onto to infect the insect. |
Bio-IT World
February 11, 2005
Kevin Davies |
Bioinformatics on the Brain Adaptive selection: accelerated mutation rate produced humans' large brain. |
Geotimes
March 2006
Bergstrom & Lipsitch |
Evolution Lessons From Infectious Diseases Even though the critics of evolutionary biology rarely dispute examples of microbial evolution on human timescales, the public appears largely unaware of the importance and success of evolutionary biology in dealing with human disease. |
Salon.com
September 26, 2000
Jill Wolfson |
You're an excellent host Parasites can slip into your body, rewrite your DNA and, sometimes, change your mood. Science writer Carl Zimmer's new book, "Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures," introduces readers to some of nature's most sinister characters... |
Chemistry World
April 9, 2009
Phillip Broadwith |
Dual-action malaria drug reverses resistance US chemists have designed a new class of antimalarial drug that can reverse the malaria parasite's resistance to existing drugs. |
Scientific American
December 2008
John Rennie |
Dynamic Darwinism: Evolution Theory Thrives Today The naturalist would approve of how evolutionary science continues to improve |
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. |
Chemistry World
February 9, 2012
Harriet Brewerton |
Pressurizing red blood cells for information Scientists in Canada have developed a method to study the changes in red blood cells caused by the most common malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. |
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. |
Technology Research News
June 4, 2003
Kimberly Patch |
Artificial beings evolve realistically Researchers from Michigan State University, Cal Tech, and the University of California at Los Angeles have found a way to use software to more closely mimic the way real organisms evolve, and have used the model to uncover a long-standing secret of natural selection. |
Bio-IT World
October 2005
Kevin Davies |
Monkey Business The impact of the chimpanzee genome is not confined to science. It offers an urgent reminder of the endangered status of many primate species. |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2011 |
Crucibles of Dynamism Puzzling pockets of redundancy account for about 5 percent of the human genome. Investigator Evan Eichler found a way to interpret what is happening in these areas of genetic repetition. |
Wired
August 21, 2007 |
Three Smart Things About Genomics 1. The real benefit of studying genomes is that it has taught us how little we know... 2. Genomics' reductionist approach has become more holistic... etc. |
Scientific American
September 2008
Melinda Wenner |
Rethinking the Wrinkling: Key Genes Cause Aging Key genes, rather than cell and DNA damage, as causes of aging. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
Scientists are targeting surface proteins to battle disease. Now that genomic analyses have identified the genes that express surface proteins, scientists are focusing on how pathogens detect attacks from the human immune system and quickly change their coats. |
Chemistry World
July 23, 2013
Sonja Hampel |
Antigenic sugars identified for Chagas disease Scientists have synthesised the combinations of sugars from the surface of the Chagas disease parasite that trigger the human immune response to it. This could help establish better diagnostic tests for the disease, and even a vaccine. |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005 |
A Genome Pioneer Looks Forward Dr. Francis Collins discusses the end of the Human Genome Project and says an "outpouring of discoveries" is coming soon. |
Chemistry World
August 7, 2012
Emma Eley |
Improved drugs to treat malarial liver infection Antimalarial drugs with increased in vitro activity have been developed by scientists in Portugal and the US. These novel drugs, called primacins, are active against two stages of malarial infection. |
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. |
Chemistry World
October 12, 2006
Jessica Ebert |
Reducing the Number of Genes Needed for Life Two of the smallest bacterial genomes sequenced to date provide new clues to the minimum number of genes required to support cellular life. |
Smithsonian
June 2006
Amy Crawford |
Interview: Christiane Nusslein-Volhard A Nobel laureate holds forth on flies, genes and women in science. Her first book, Coming to Life, explains the genetic and cellular basis of animal development and explores the ethical implications of recent progress in genomics and biotechnology. |
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. |
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. |
Psychology Today
Mar/Apr 2008
Nando Pelusi |
Neanderthink: Desperation With a Difference Women are devastated by failing relationships, while men flail more over unattainable relationships. |
Chemistry World
September 1, 2015
Jack Busby |
Smorgasbord of chemical blueprints located in plain pond algae Genes from a common single-celled organism, pond algae Euglena gracilis, could be manipulated to synthesize a host of unusual, and potentially useful, compounds. |
Popular Mechanics
November 12, 2008
Kate Schweitzer |
Scientists Say Fringe Parasites are Far From Realistic Is the wormlike parasite seen in last week's episode of the popular TV show Fringe a true possibility? Scientists weigh in on the question. |
ifeminists
April 6, 2005
Carey Roberts |
Gender: Good Riddance, Farewell Scientists back the idea that anatomical and functional gender differences exist. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2000
Ronald Bailey |
Strands of Life Book Review: Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, by Matt Ridley |
Chemistry World
April 2008
Victoria Gill |
Malaria no More? A fresh round of research funding could put an end to the killer disease. |
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. |
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... |
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
Can the Human Genetics Industry Survive the Courts? The future of gene patents is at stake. |
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
February 10, 2003
Kevin Davies |
With a Click of the Mouse What do Eminem and Mus musculus have in common? About 30,000 genes, for a start. The author mulls over the second mammalian genome. |
AskMen.com
August 19, 2001
Joshua Levine |
The Ins & Outs Of Heredity If you've ever worried that you might inherit something undesirable from your parents, this is your article... |
Bio-IT World
February 18, 2004 |
The Quest for Complex Genes Genetic sleuths are homing in on genes for complex diseases with the help of new, and some not so new, tools and strategies. |
