Tag: DNA

  • At the forefront of headlines in biomedical research these days, are the advancements in medical diagnoses and meta-analysis of large groups of people based on their genetic profile, or genome.  Much ground has been gained in the research of genetic…

    Think Your Genome is Secure from Spies? It Might Not Be
  • People collect some weird things.  I collect books, and tobacco pipes and old bottles.  I know a guy who collects guitars, and my late Mother collected bells.  I’d think, usually, the things people collect say something about who they are,…

    Canadian Dentist Plans to Clone John Lennon, From a Tooth
  • When you think of the renowned, yet often overlooked, genius of early computing, Alan Turing, I’m betting you imagine code breaking machines, complex mathematical formulas and maybe Artificial Intelligence.  Few of you, I think, would immediately think of biology.  Even…

    Alan Turing’s Model Confirmed: Who Knew he was a Biologist?
  • “I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant: I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who…

    Scientists Can Now Clone the Woolly Mammoth, But Should They?