Saturday, July 20, 2013

Genetic screening: Every newborn a patient

Genetic screening: Every newborn a patient
Opening up newborn screening for genetics has mostly been viewed as an issue of technological capacity: Is the technology sufficiently fast and reliable to make genetic screening feasible for health purposes? But a study I conducted of recent …
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Darwin's Dark Knight: Scientist Risked Execution for Fox Study (Op-Ed)
In the chokehold of Stalin's Russia, where being a geneticist was likely to get you imprisoned, shot or both, Belyaev conducted perhaps the greatest genetics experiment of the 20th century and finally solved the puzzle of how the wolf turned into the dog.
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Genetics' key role behind cholera revealed
Washington, July 20 (ANI): A team of Harvard scientists has now uncovered evidence of genetic changes that might help protect some people from contracting cholera. Based on genetic data gathered from hundreds of people in Bangladesh, a research team …
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In Brief This Week: BioView, Abbott; Atossa Genetics; BC Salmon Farmers
Atossa Genetics has been added to the Russell Microcap Index, which measures the performance of the microcap segment of the US equity market. Microcap stocks are made up of the smallest 1,000 securities in the small-cap Russell 2000 Index, and the …
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Science in the Summer students learn about genetics at Free Library of
Science in the Summer students learn about genetics at Free Library of Springfield Township. Published: Saturday, July 20, 2013. By Lina Sorg 21st Century Media News Service. Students work together to compare fingerprint patterns in order to solve a …
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