Tag: genetics
News (106)
May 20, 2013 2:07 pm
Your Genes, Your Choice?
Critics say the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics’ recent recommendations for reporting incidental clinical sequencing results undermine patient autonomy.
May 10, 2013 1:36 pm
Disruptions in Trash-Collecting Genes Fuel Disorder
Genetic mutations that halt a cell’s ability to scrap unnecessary proteins may cause a condition marked by ataxia, hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism, and dementia, researchers found.
May 10, 2013 1:35 pm
Genetics Reveal Europe Is One Big Family
From Ireland to Turkey, Europeans are all related, sharing a link with ancestors who were alive just 1,000 years ago, according to a new genetic study.
May 3, 2013 1:42 pm
Genomes provide clues for treating leukemia, endometrial cancers
Efforts to sequence the genomes of cancer cells — to pinpoint the changes that occur in cancer cells’ DNA when a person has the disease — are pointing to ways to target cancer treatment.
April 19, 2013 2:13 pm
'Living fossil' coelacanth genome sequenced
Researchers sequenced the genome of the coelacanth: a deep-sea fish that closely resembles its ancestors, which lived at least 300 million years ago.
April 17, 2013 2:11 pm
Fish’s DNA May Explain How Fins Turned to Feet
In the hope of reconstructing a pivotal step in evolution researchers have decoded the genome of the coelacanth, a prehistoric-looking fish whose form closely resembles those seen in the fossils of 400 million years ago.
April 16, 2013 12:39 pm
PHG Foundation recommendations on the management of findings from the 100,000 Genomes Project
The PHG Foundation today publishes its recommendations on the management of findings from the Government initiative to sequence the genomes of 100,000 NHS patients (see our previous news andcommentary).
April 16, 2013 12:37 pm
DNA Project Aims to Make Public a Company’s Data on Cancer Genes
Myriad’s data on each of the mutations is scattered in millions of reports in the hands of doctors and patients. If the geneticists could just gather those reports, they say, they can recreate Myriad’s database.
April 9, 2013 4:17 pm
Video News: De-extinction, Hubris or Hope? Hank Greely at TEDxDeExtinction
Hank Greely is the Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law at Stanford University. He specializes in ethical, legal, and social issues arising from advances in the biosciences.
April 5, 2013 5:15 pm
So You’re Extinct? Scientists Have Gleam in Eye
Until recently, the arrow of natural selection seemed to go only one way. A species could form, then it could flourish, then it could go extinct. And once it was extinct, it could not come back.