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Health

One Cause of Aging Found, Scientists Say Potentially Reversible

One Cause of Aging Found, Scientists Say Potentially Reversible

New research performed on mice offers insights into the mechanism of aging, and perhaps with time...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 14:27
Autumn Babies More Likely To Develop Asthma

Autumn Babies More Likely To Develop Asthma

U.S. researchers concluded on Friday that babies that are born four months before the peak cold and...
» read full story November 23rd, 2008 - 10:53
Stem Cell Airway Transplant Succeeded

Stem Cell Airway Transplant Succeeded

As any other science, medicine is also constantly changing, evolving, improving for the benefit of...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 21:02
Breast Cancer Risk Up in Women with a Family History of the Disease

Breast Cancer Risk Up in Women with a Family History of the Disease

Women with a family history of breast cancer have a very high risk of developing the disease even...
» read full story November 18th, 2008 - 15:00

Mind power can help keep pain in check

Boppard, Germany - Hardly anyone lies voluntarily on a bed of nails or runs 40 kilometres without...
» read full story November 17th, 2008 - 08:06
A Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

A Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
» read full story November 09th, 2008 - 21:13

Update: Full Cancer Genome Decoded

Cancer is one of the most destructive diseases of past and present centuries. Certain treatments...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 21:40
Researchers Map Cancer Genes

Researchers Map Cancer Genes

Washington University researchers have decoded the complete DNA of a patient suffering from...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 16:15
Genetic Map Of Cancer Unveiled

Genetic Map Of Cancer Unveiled

By using cells donated by a woman in her 50s who died of leukemia, the scientists at the Washington...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 23:39
Autism Gene May Play Role in Childhood Language Disorder As Well

Autism Gene May Play Role in Childhood Language Disorder As Well

University of Oxford researchers discovered that a gene implicated in autism may also play a...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 13:51
Scientists Decode Entire Genome Of A Cancer Patient For The First Time

Scientists Decode Entire Genome Of A Cancer Patient For The First Time

For the first time, scientists have managed to decode the complete DNA sequence of a cancer...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 13:30
Researchers Detect More Genes Associated with Alzheimer’s Risk

Researchers Detect More Genes Associated with Alzheimer’s Risk

Researchers have detected more genes associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s...
» read full story October 31st, 2008 - 16:00
Staph Infections May Cause Serious Illnesses

Staph Infections May Cause Serious Illnesses

Doctors announced on Monday that the staph bacteria found in common places is believed to have...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 20:38
Purple Ketchup, Just the Right Thing!

Purple Ketchup, Just the Right Thing!

A group of British researchers have used genes from the snapdragon flower to increase tomatoes'...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 20:39
Purple Tomatoes May Help People Fighting Cancer

Purple Tomatoes May Help People Fighting Cancer

Researchers from the John Innes Centre in Norwich have created a purple tomato which they hope may...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 16:42
Prostate Gland, a Repository of Adult Stem Cells, Genentech Researchers Found

Prostate Gland, a Repository of Adult Stem Cells, Genentech Researchers Found

Researchers at Genentech, in San Francisco, found that the prostate contains adult stem cells that...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 12:11
Update: New Genes Related To Lung Cancer Discovered

Update: New Genes Related To Lung Cancer Discovered

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, United States have identified...
» read full story October 22nd, 2008 - 23:30
Sharing Your Genes With The World

Sharing Your Genes With The World

As part of their project on http://www.personalgenomes.org, a group of enthusiastic scientists and...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 15:00
Personal Genome Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers

Personal Genome Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers

The genomes of 10 people, volunteers in the Harvard Medical School’s Personal Genome Project,...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 17:00
Scientific Advances in Stem Cell Field: Yamanaka Finds New Method for Safer iPS Cells

Scientific Advances in Stem Cell Field: Yamanaka Finds New Method for Safer iPS Cells

The search for viable alternatives to replace the embryonic stem cells that are derived from the...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 14:40
Genetic Code Of Malaria Parasite Deciphered

Genetic Code Of Malaria Parasite Deciphered

About 40 researchers sequenced the genetic code of Plasmodium vivax, one of four malaria parasites...
» read full story October 11th, 2008 - 19:41
New Discovery in Stem Cell Field: Stem Cells from Testicular Biopsies

New Discovery in Stem Cell Field: Stem Cells from Testicular Biopsies

The search for the best source of stem cells continues, with many scientists supporting the field...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 14:20
Stems Cells Made from Human Testicles

Stems Cells Made from Human Testicles

Providing a way out of a thorny ethical dilemma, scientists have developed a kind of cells called...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 10:30
Three European Scientists Win The 2008 Nobel Prize For Medicine

Three European Scientists Win The 2008 Nobel Prize For Medicine

One German and two French scientists won the 2008 Nobel prize in medicine for their work in...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 14:41
National Children's Health Study Aims to Find Ways to Lower the Cost of Health Care

National Children's Health Study Aims to Find Ways to Lower the Cost of Health Care

The National Children’s Study, the largest nationwide study of the effects of genes and the...
» read full story October 05th, 2008 - 14:30
Fat Hormone Gene Plays Significant Role In Colon Cancer

Fat Hormone Gene Plays Significant Role In Colon Cancer

Obesity has long been thought to increase the risk for heart disease and cancer in general. Breast...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 15:09
Distinguished Biochemist Robert Tjian Elected as President of Howard Hughes Institute

Distinguished Biochemist Robert Tjian Elected as President of Howard Hughes Institute

Robert Tjian, a distinguished UC Berkley biochemist and gene researcher, has been named president...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 14:00
New Discovery in Stem Cell Field Improves the Cell Reprogramming Technique

New Discovery in Stem Cell Field Improves the Cell Reprogramming Technique

The results of a study conducted by researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 15:27
New Stem Cell Technique, a Safer Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cells

New Stem Cell Technique, a Safer Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cells

Scientists have found a new and safer way to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS), which...
» read full story September 28th, 2008 - 14:40
American Researchers Find New, Safer Way To Develop Stem Cells

American Researchers Find New, Safer Way To Develop Stem Cells

Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston have found a...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 23:11
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Technology

Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 09:29

I’m A PC, But I Am Disturbed Because Of The New Ads

Microsoft much talked-about $300 million campaign, designed to convert the Mac fans to Windowism...
» read full story September 21st, 2008 - 12:29
IBM Rules The World of Teraflops

IBM Rules The World of Teraflops

IBM’s Blue Gene/L supercomputer has achieved a new world record as it continued its four-year...
» read full story November 13th, 2007 - 13:03
Soyuz Lands OK after Abnormally Short Descent

Soyuz Lands OK after Abnormally Short Descent

The Russian Soyuz TMA-10 capsule landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday, after an abnormally steep descent...
» read full story October 22nd, 2007 - 07:30
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Specials

New Harvard Research Investigates the Causes of Aging

New Harvard Research Investigates the Causes of Aging

Harvard Medical School scientists claim to have discovered a mechanism that may be the universal...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 15:45
No Significant Difference between Genetic Testing, Traditional Methods in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes

No Significant Difference between Genetic Testing, Traditional Methods in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes

The results of genetic testing for Type 2 diabetes are not significantly better than an assessment...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 15:14
Big Step Forward for Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Big Step Forward for Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 15:20
“Red Wine” Drug Fights Against Obesity Regardless of Diet

“Red Wine” Drug Fights Against Obesity Regardless of Diet

Are scientists one step closer to finding the secret weapon in the fight against obesity and...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 14:00
Rheumatoid Arthritis Could Double Risk of Heart Attack

Rheumatoid Arthritis Could Double Risk of Heart Attack

Three studies scheduled to be presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology's annual...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 13:00
Purple Tomatoes May Be The Answer To A Healthy, Long Life

Purple Tomatoes May Be The Answer To A Healthy, Long Life

Scientists have long praised tomatoes’ cancer-fighting powers because of their enriched levels of...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 18:30
US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer

US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer

US researchers have identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in people who develop...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 13:08
Hesitant about Sharing Your Genes? Personal Genome Project Needs Volunteers

Hesitant about Sharing Your Genes? Personal Genome Project Needs Volunteers

Those who are hesitant about publicly sharing any part of their genome data, including medical...
» read full story October 22nd, 2008 - 15:28
The Beginning of Personal Genome Project: Positive and Negative Aspects

The Beginning of Personal Genome Project: Positive and Negative Aspects

Harvard Medical School genetics professor George Church, Harvard psychology professor Steven...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 14:30
Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data of 10 Volunteers Online

Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data of 10 Volunteers Online

Hoping to give medical research a big push forward, the Harvard University Medical School made the...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 18:23
Obesity Is in Your Genes and...Brain!

Obesity Is in Your Genes and...Brain!

Eating too much to simply satisfy your pleasure for food? Then you’re probably one of those people...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 15:28
How Does Gene Testing Influence Lifestyle Habits?

How Does Gene Testing Influence Lifestyle Habits?

A 20-year, landmark study involving 10,000 participants, funded by a research group and three...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 14:00
Wear Pink for the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Wear Pink for the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of...
» read full story October 02nd, 2008 - 16:01

I’m a PC, But I am Disturbed Because Of The New Ads

Microsoft much talked-about $300 million campaign, designed to convert the Mac fans to Windowism...
» read full story September 20th, 2008 - 12:19

Mapping The Cancer Genome

A new discovery shows promise in cancer fight. Scientists have managed to draw a map of the...
» read full story September 06th, 2008 - 11:05
The Mystery Behind Men’s Commitment Problems: Some Genes

The Mystery Behind Men’s Commitment Problems: Some Genes

Can men be exempted from being charged with atypical relationship behavior? It appears they can,...
» read full story September 03rd, 2008 - 13:01
Do You Wonder Why Your Hubby Has A Mistress? Puzzle Solved

Do You Wonder Why Your Hubby Has A Mistress? Puzzle Solved

Are you terribly upset because your husband cheated on you, although you gave him your heart? Well,...
» read full story September 03rd, 2008 - 12:18
Smoking Addiction Could Be In Your Genes

Smoking Addiction Could Be In Your Genes

Researchers from the University of Michigan, Washington University School of Medicine, as well as...
» read full story August 11th, 2008 - 14:15
The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts to Find a Vaccine

The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts to Find a Vaccine

Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
» read full story August 02nd, 2008 - 13:42
Gene Research Heightens Hope For Curing Autism

Gene Research Heightens Hope For Curing Autism

U.S. researchers have found six new genes involved in autism. More exactly, they found that these...
» read full story July 13th, 2008 - 15:17
Genome Institute’s Renowned Director, Francis Collins, to Resign

Genome Institute’s Renowned Director, Francis Collins, to Resign

The National Human Genome Research Institute is losing one of its prestigious researchers in the...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 12:54
Human Evolution: Homo Sapiens Sapiens Sapiens…?

Human Evolution: Homo Sapiens Sapiens Sapiens…?

How much wisdom (sapientia) would humans be able to accumulate? Homo sapiens sapiens is on the...
» read full story December 11th, 2007 - 16:12
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World

Prince Charles, longest-waiting heir to the throne, turns 60

Prince Charles, longest-waiting heir to the throne, turns 60

London - During his recent visit to Indonesia, Prince Charles watched a traditional dance about two...
» read full story November 12th, 2008 - 08:46
PG Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers

PG Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers

The genomes of 10 people, volunteers in the Harvard Medical School’s Personal Genome Project,...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 11:33
Three European Scientists Won The 2008 Nobel Prize For Medicine

Three European Scientists Won The 2008 Nobel Prize For Medicine

One German and two French scientists won the 2008 Nobel prize in medicine for their work in...
» read full story October 07th, 2008 - 09:41
Wear Pink For The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Wear Pink For The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of...
» read full story October 03rd, 2008 - 16:37
US Delays the Delivery of AIDS Vaccine

US Delays the Delivery of AIDS Vaccine

On Thursday, federal researchers gave up on their plans to carry out the large scale experimental...
» read full story July 19th, 2008 - 14:38
Malaysian Astronaut to Be the First Muslim into Space

Malaysian Astronaut to Be the First Muslim into Space

A Malaysian astronaut will be the first Muslim to blast into space. The country’s television...
» read full story October 10th, 2007 - 13:23
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Science

Harvard Scientists Unravel The Secret Of Aging

Harvard Scientists Unravel The Secret Of Aging

As we get older, our health becomes our worst enemy. What’s the secret of living a longer healthy...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 14:00
Wide-DNA Sequence Could Help Resurrect Woolly Mammoth

Wide-DNA Sequence Could Help Resurrect Woolly Mammoth

Sequencing the nuclear genome of extinct species has always been a challenge for scientists, and...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 13:59
DNA Damage May Predict Lung Cancer

DNA Damage May Predict Lung Cancer

Canadian scientists have conducted a study in proving that a genetic trait can be a reliable...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 11:30
Cancer Research Moves Forward: Scientists Decode Complete Cancer Genome

Cancer Research Moves Forward: Scientists Decode Complete Cancer Genome

Using DNA sequencing, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis were able to identify the...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 14:00
Scientists Map Cancer Genome for the First Time

Scientists Map Cancer Genome for the First Time

For the first time, a team of scientists managed to decode all the genes of a person who suffered...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 18:44
Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data Of 10 Volunteers Online

Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data Of 10 Volunteers Online

Hoping to give medical research a big push forward, the Harvard University Medical School made the...
» read full story October 21st, 2008 - 05:52
Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim

Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim

Faced with strict German laws banning the use of human embryos, a team of German scientists came up...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 08:25

Martin Chalfie, Roger Tsien - US scientists

Washington - Martin Chalfie, a professor of biological sciences at Columbia University in New York,...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 21:45
Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Researchers took one more step toward so-called regenerative medicine by developing a safer way of...
» read full story September 26th, 2008 - 14:40
The Mystery Behind Men’s Commitment Problems: Bad Genes

The Mystery Behind Men’s Commitment Problems: Bad Genes

Can men be exempted from being charged with atypical relationship behavior? It appears they can,...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 14:30
The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts To Find A Vaccine

The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts To Find A Vaccine

Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
» read full story August 03rd, 2008 - 16:32
Genetics Legend Doctor Victor McKusick Dies At 86

Genetics Legend Doctor Victor McKusick Dies At 86

On Tuesday, Dr. Victor A. McKusick, the Johns Hopkins University physician who has brought an...
» read full story July 24th, 2008 - 22:11
Scientists Revealed World's First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Map

Scientists Revealed World's First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Map

The Allen Institute for Brain Science has taken a groundbreaking step into deciphering the...
» read full story July 20th, 2008 - 09:18
US Researchers Identify Autism Genes Heightening Hope for Cure

US Researchers Identify Autism Genes Heightening Hope for Cure

A genetic research on more than 100 families prone to autism by Harvard researchers shed new light...
» read full story July 11th, 2008 - 11:58
Mars Starts Journey Into The Mysteries Of Cocoa Genome

Mars Starts Journey Into The Mysteries Of Cocoa Genome

Mars, the giant chocolate maker, is planning on solving humanity’s cocoa crisis (yes, there is...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 14:20
Scientists Use DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Viable IVF Embryos

Scientists Use DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Viable IVF Embryos

A team of fertility researchers from Australia and Greece has discovered a way of testing IVF...
» read full story May 14th, 2008 - 15:29
Platypus' Genetic Mystery Solved

Platypus' Genetic Mystery Solved

An international scientific team announced Wednesday they had finally decoded the genetic...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 21:17
Platypus Holds The Genetic Code To Evolution

Platypus Holds The Genetic Code To Evolution

As science evolved, people started asking questions and developing theories about how evolution on...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 10:44
Scientists Report A New Method To Create Human Antibodies

Scientists Report A New Method To Create Human Antibodies

The U.S researchers have discovered a new technology to identify and clone human antibodies...
» read full story May 01st, 2008 - 16:08
It’s A Robotized World – No More Animal Testing!

It’s A Robotized World – No More Animal Testing!

Three governmental agencies made a decision that will certainly go straight to the hearts of...
» read full story February 15th, 2008 - 12:20
Scientific World Loses Genetics Pioneer Joshua Lederberg, 82

Scientific World Loses Genetics Pioneer Joshua Lederberg, 82

Scientific world has lost Joshua Lederberg, University Professor and president emeritus of the...
» read full story February 05th, 2008 - 12:14
The 1000 Genomes Project Aims To Map DNA Of 1000 people

The 1000 Genomes Project Aims To Map DNA Of 1000 people

A consortium, which includes Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Hinxton, England, the Beijing...
» read full story January 23rd, 2008 - 01:09
First Cloned Human Embryos From Skin Cell DNA

First Cloned Human Embryos From Skin Cell DNA

US scientists at biotech company Stemagen Corporation in La Jolla, California, allege they made the...
» read full story January 17th, 2008 - 21:24
Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

No need to worry about the ethical implications of stem-cell research anymore: American scientists...
» read full story December 23rd, 2007 - 23:47
South Korean Researchers Cloned Fluorescent Cats

South Korean Researchers Cloned Fluorescent Cats

These days, it seems that science out wins art. Up to now artists could get their imagination free...
» read full story December 13th, 2007 - 22:46
Anthropologist Say Humans Evolve More Rapidly

Anthropologist Say Humans Evolve More Rapidly

A new study led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison anthropologist John Hawks revelead that we...
» read full story December 11th, 2007 - 01:12
Stem Cells Created from Human Skin

Stem Cells Created from Human Skin

Two research groups managed to obtain stem cells without the ethical problems posed by destroying...
» read full story November 20th, 2007 - 19:07
Ian Wilmut, Dolly’s Creator, Abandons Human Embryos Use

Ian Wilmut, Dolly’s Creator, Abandons Human Embryos Use

Professor Ian Wilmut, the Scottish scientists who led the team that created Dolly the sheep ten...
» read full story November 18th, 2007 - 01:17
Chemistry Nobel Winner Kornberg Dies at 89

Chemistry Nobel Winner Kornberg Dies at 89

American biochemist Arthur Kornberg, who isolated the first DNA polymerizing enzyme, has died....
» read full story October 28th, 2007 - 19:18
DNA Shows Some Neanderthals were Pale-Skin Redheads

DNA Shows Some Neanderthals were Pale-Skin Redheads

The Neanderthals, or Homo neanderthalensis, may have had red hair and pale skin, a new study in...
» read full story October 26th, 2007 - 21:53
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People

Google Cofounder Launches Blog by Revealing His Parkinson’s Predisposition

Google Cofounder Launches Blog by Revealing His Parkinson’s Predisposition

Sergey Brin, one of Google’s co-founders, has launched his personal blog. The first of Google’s...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 19:11
Lindsay Lohan Shares Genes with Another Girl

Lindsay Lohan Shares Genes with Another Girl

Apparently Lindsay Lohan’s genes are shared by another girl, her half sister. According to OK!...
» read full story June 30th, 2008 - 15:36
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Music

Sara Evans Happily Engaged

Sara Evans Happily Engaged

Country star Sara Evans and former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker have both found...
» read full story March 26th, 2008 - 15:09
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