The latest offering from the prizes-for-innovation organization is specifically looking at the genes of the super elderly. If they've lived so long, there must be something good going on.READ»
The new Personal Genome Machine was used to decode the DNA of the deadly strain of E. coli that ravaged Europe this spring. And it is also the first iteration of a machine that will be able to sequence genomes as you wait, anywhere in the world.READ»
In perhaps the weirdest malaria-related development yet, scientists announced this week that they're close to being able to produce genetically modified, malaria-fighting mosquitoes. READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was whisking its love away for a cruise on its private yacht, and then erecting a paywall around her so that no one could see her. Strange, that.1. The Los Angeles Times has documented what life is ...READ»
Great news for the cancerphobic, by which I mean everyone: Scientists have cracked the cancer genome! Or at least they've done it for lung and skin cancer, two of the scariest varieties. This is an enormous breakthrough for cancer ...READ»
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.READ»
Genetics, this is your mainstream moment! So says conference founder
and biotech entrepreneur John Boyce, who points to the rapid drop in
DNA-sequencing costs and growing interest in genomics
from consumer-goods manufacturers. ...READ»
