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Many food-producing countries have been dissuaded from planting genetically modified (GM) crops because of a widely-held fear that consumers in rich countries... 19 Jun, 2007 02:28 pm
Shawn Bailey and Jennifer Willet are Canada's leading practitioners of "Bio Art," an emerging form that uses the tools of biology to create works of art... 18 Jun, 2007 12:49 pm
Malaria is a parasitic disease transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes. It is widespread in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world; however... 18 Jun, 2007 12:48 pm
There was a call from Bioinformatics Zen a couple of weeks ago for a kind of ?special edition? for Bio::Blogs. The call requested: ?What would be your... 13 Jun, 2007 07:00 pm
After scientists revealed the map of the entire human genome in 2001, the ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project was launched in September 2003... 11 Jun, 2007 07:10 pm
The British company DNA Worldwide raised a controversy last month by launching on the internet a home test called ?Pink or Blue?... 7 Jun, 2007 08:00 pm
Researchers at Santa Clara University in California have investigated the effects of genetically modified crops on insects. The study is published in the... 5 Jun, 2007 03:15 pm
In the 13 April 2007 issue, Science unveiled the genome sequence of one of biology's most important model organisms: the rhesus macaque monkey (Macaca... 4 Jun, 2007 12:25 pm
In Part I of the ?You and the $1000 Genome? series we examined the Archon X PRIZE for Genomics, a $10 million purse for the group that can sequence 100... 4 Jun, 2007 12:25 pm
What do humans, flies, and worms have in common? More than you might think. See how transgenic organisms are engineered, and how they enable researchers... |