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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...   |
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. |
Bio-IT World
August 18, 2004
Kevin Davies |
Bio IT World President's Award: Francis Collins The director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) spoke of collaboration and computation during his acceptance speech. |
Bio-IT World
April 15, 2003
Malorye Branca |
Beyond the Blueprint How will the wealth of data emanating from the human genome and allied technologies impact research on health and disease? |
Scientific American
December 19, 2005 |
Lean Gene Machine An ocean bacterium has the most streamlined genome: P. ubique apparently has traded potential for economy in a big way, making its genome the equivalent of a fuel-stingy Volkswagen Beetle, whereas human DNA is more akin to a gas-guzzling Hummer pulling an RV trailer plus a boat. |
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. |
Bio-IT World
September 2006
Robert M. Frederickson |
Assays and Knowledgebases for Genomic Analysis An important aspect of any genomic analysis -- whether expression profiling or analysis of DNA-binding elements as above -- is the integration of the data with existing knowledge. |
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. |
Chemistry World
June 29, 2007
Lionel Milgrom |
Engineered Enzyme to Excise Aids Current HIV/AIDS treatments suppress the virus's life-cycle without curing the disease. Now, German researchers are pioneering a strategy that might help to eradicate the virus altogether. |
Geotimes
May 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
Birds Evolve Small Genomes Pre-Flight The holes in fossil dinosaur bones are pointing out the holes in the theories of bird evolution. |
Bio-IT World
March 8, 2005
Kevin Davies |
DNA Chips Reveal Gene Activity Broad-Affymetrix collaboration examines chromatin and histone roles in gene regulation. |
Bio-IT World
June 15, 2003
Kevin Davies |
The Overly Bold and the Beautiful For many (who really ought to know better), the temptation to fetishize DNA is all but irresistible. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Wired
April 2006
Steve Olson |
Bringing Back the Brontosaurus Digging for fossils is for dinosaurs. Today's animal trackers are using genomics to reconstruct, and one day resurrect, the original hot-blooded beast. |
Chemistry World
October 31, 2008
Manisha Lalloo |
DNA-rewinding protein discovered US scientists have found an enzyme that rewinds sections of DNA whose strands have mistakenly come apart. |
Chemistry World
November 16, 2006
Simon Hadlington |
Gene-Reading Enzyme Catapulted by Scrunch Power Two teams of researchers have solved a conundrum that has baffled molecular biologists for 20 years -- how the enzyme responsible for `reading' genes can release itself from the portion of DNA to which it initially binds extremely tightly. |
Chemistry World
November 2006
Bea Perks |
Call That Chemistry? This year's Nobel prize in chemistry was a tour de force for crystallography, underscoring the vital role chemistry plays across the sciences. |
Chemistry World
April 19, 2012
Andy Extance |
Polymers perform non-DNA evolution Scientists have found that six polymer alternatives to DNA can pass on genetic information, and have evolved one type to specifically bind target molecules. |
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. |
Reactive Reports
Apr/May 2005
David Bradley |
At Last, the Structure of DNA Researchers have made a significant advance in our understanding of life's main molecule, using X-ray crystallography to determine the three-dimensional structures of nearly all the possible sequences of a macromolecule. |
Bio-IT World
October 2005
Dennis A. Gilbert |
The DNA Sequencing Race: From Sprint to Marathon To create faster, cheaper, and better solutions for DNA analysis, we must remain committed to improving both current and new sequencing technologies. Research that just a short while ago might have been considered too complex, too expensive, or just inconceivable is now well within our grasp. |
Bio-IT World
August 15, 2005
Kevin Davies |
Pimp My Genome As costs plummet, the ability to rapidly synthesize and customize longer, more intricate fragments of genomic DNA opens up a plethora of applications in basic and applied biology. A commercial synthetic biology industry is beginning to take shape. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2011
Lucks & Arkin |
Synthetic Biology's Hunt for the Genetic Transistor How genetic circuits will unlock the true potential of bioengineering |
Bio-IT World
November 12, 2002
James Golden |
The Business of Bioinformatics The industry has reached an interesting crossroads. As an academic branch of learning, bioinformatics remains mostly what it always was, a cross-disciplinary endeavor between computer science and molecular biology. But bioinformatics as a money-making proposition has different criteria for success. |
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... |
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. |
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. |
Bio-IT World
December 15, 2003
Zachary Zimmerman |
Learning the Language of Systems Biology Geneticist par excellence David Botstein talks about his philosophy, science, his mission for integrative science, and what he deems a success for systems biology. |
Bio-IT World
October 9, 2002
Kevin Davies |
Cracking the 'Druggable Genome' How many potential drug targets are encoded in the human genome? It is a crucial question for every biopharma business. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2011
Jill Wechsler |
Guiding a Revolution in Science Francis Collins led the genomic revolution as director of the International Human Genome Project and director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the NIH from 1993 to 2008. |
Bio-IT World
January 21, 2005
Kevin Davies |
Simulated Shades of Jurassic Park? Bioinformatics researchers have re-created part of the genome sequence of an ancestral mammal that lived 70 million to 80 million years ago. |
Chemistry World
March 15, 2007
Henry Nicholls |
The Mother of All Enzymes Scientists have uncovered the three-dimensional structure of what might be biology's first enzyme. This sheds light on the chemistry at a key moment in the origin of life, they argue. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2010
Robert Tjian |
Biomolecular Crowdsourcing A generation of web-savvy entrepreneurs has found a relatively cheap and effective approach to solving complex problems and soliciting ideas: toss out a challenge into a vibrant digital community and watch what happens. |
Chemistry World
May 2008
Philip Ball i |
Pulling our strings There is much more to DNA than that elegant double helix. The author explores the twists and tangles of chromatin. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Scientists Play Chicken An international scientific consortium decodes the chicken genome. This information may be of use to companies such as Tyson, Pilgrim's Pride, Cal-Maine or even Buffalo Wild Wings. |
Scientific American
June 2005
JR Minkel |
RNA to the Rescue The spectacular discovery that a species of plant can summon up genes its parents have lost highlights biologists' increasing recognition of RNA as a more versatile and important molecule in its own right. |
Scientific American
July 2008
Christine Soares |
Looking at Yesterday's Genes for Tomorrow's Cures Resurrected "jumping gene" could deliver DNA. |
PC World
February 1, 2002
Kuriko Miyake |
Olympus Unveils DNA Computer Rather than relying on a microprocessor, computer runs on reactions between fragments of DNA... |
Bio-IT World
August 15, 2005
Kevin Davies |
Hood Hails 'Century of Biology' Leroy Hood won the 2005 Bio-IT World President's Award for his work on the synthesis of DNA and protein, and on the genome project. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2013
Susan Hassler |
Genome to Go It's already possible to have your own genome sequenced. But personalized medicine based on sequencing still has a way to go |
Bio-IT World
September 16, 2004
Kevin Davies |
Computing the Genome Boston University's Charles DeLisi explains his involvement with the human genome project and why he has recently turned his attention to systems biology and an AIDS vaccine. |
Chemistry World
July 17, 2012
Simon Perks |
Synthetic nanozymes silence hepatitis C Researchers at the University of Florida, US, have discovered that an artificial nanoparticle complex, known as a nanozyme, can help to treat viral infections by 'shutting off' their genetic material. |
Salon.com
January 9, 2001
Ralph Brave |
Decoding the genome Six new books tackle human biology's Holy Grail, but each fights its own crusade... |
Chemistry World
September 7, 2011 |
Bringing DNA to Life Clyde Hutchison's research focuses on the search for improved methods to learn about gene function from DNA sequence information. |
Bio-IT World
August 13, 2003
Kevin Davies |
Malcolm in the Middle A maverick scientist and entrepreneur finds himself at the center of a DNA patenting storm. |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004
Catherine Arnst |
James Watson and Francis Crick: Cracking The Code Of Life The 1953 discovery of the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, the building block of all life, transformed biology. And the Cold War and male chauvinism played roles in solving the DNA riddle |
Wired
August 2000
Jennifer Hillner |
Area 22 The inside story of the first fully sequenced chromosome. |
Bio-IT World
March 10, 2003 |
Discovery Zone It's high time molecular biology became quantitative, and other thoughts from Sir John Maddox. |
