Thursday, June 09, 2016

Ginkgo Bioworks Raises $100 Million To Use Synthetic Biology To Design Microbes For Industry

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Ginkgo Bioworks, a Boston-based startup that says it is the biggest consumer of synthetic DNA on the planet, just nabbed a big payday. The...
Monday, February 16, 2015

Stem Cells May Hold Key to Reversing Hair Loss

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The medical term for hair loss is alopecia. It's a blanket term referring to any kind of hair loss. Loss of hair can be due to a numb...

Autoimmune Diseases Linked To Genomic Switches

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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have now discovered certain genomic switches in blood cells that may be key to regulating...

Whole-Genome Sequencing Now Possible for IVF

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Since the first in vitro fertilization (IVF) birth in 1978 more than 5 million babies have been born using this method. In order to allev...

Your love for chocolates may have something to do with your genes!

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It turns out that whether you like dark chocolate or milk chocolate may have a little bit to do with your genetics. We know that our b...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

Next Gen Sequencing Applications

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Next-Generation Sequencing: Methodology and Application Next-generation sequencing (NGS), also known as high-throughput sequencing, ...
Sunday, April 06, 2014

A Conversation With 23andMe’s Joanna Mountain

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This interview is part of an occasional series of profiles introducing you to the people behind 23andMe’s compelling research. Early in her ...
Sunday, August 25, 2013

New Tool Enhances the Search for Genetic Mutations

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Concealed within the vastness of the human genome, (composed of some 3 billion base pairs), mutations are commonplace. While the majority o...

Recent DNA studies only scratch the surface of complex Pinoy genetics

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DNA—or deoxyribonucleic acid—is not just the double-helical structure that codes genetic traits. It is also the repository of the biologic...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

Knocking down the malaria causing parasite

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 Targeting the malaria parasite’s ability to make an iron-containing molecule, haem, might help create a vaccine against the disease and...

What Patients Say Works for Psoriasis

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People living with Psoriasis have reported that some of the most effective treatments for their skin include simple interventions like...

The Battle of the er..bulge..explained

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We all know people who can eat whatever they want, not work out, and yet not gain a pound. Meanwhile, eating just one burger, or missi...
Saturday, December 08, 2012

Drag-and-Drop DNA is Novel technique aiding development of new cancer drugs

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Using a simple "drag-and-drop" computer interface and DNA self-assembly techniques, researchers have developed a new approach for...

Thought you were perfect? Think again!

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Nobody Is Perfect: Study Shows People Have 400 Genetic Flaws In DNA Perfection is something that all humans strive for at one time or ano...

New prenatal genetic test gives parents more answers

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New applications of a genetic test could help parents learn more about the genetics of their unborn children. Three studies released Wedn...

We're Gypsies originally from India?

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Katherine Harmon  recently published an article that the Romani people—once known as “gypsies” or Roma—have been objects of both curiosity ...