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Decoding Cancer: Scientists Release 520 Tumor Genomes from Pediatric Patients
Could the answer to cancer lie within our own DNA? Childhood cancer experts are hoping that at least some of what drives pediatric cancers can be gleaned from the genomes of patients and their tumors.… more →
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Decoding Cancer: Scientists Release 520 Tumor Genomes from Pediatric Patients
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wrote 2 days ago: Could the answer to cancer lie within our own DNA? Childhood cancer experts are hoping that at least … more →
Why Genetic Tests Don't Help Doctors Predict Your Risk of Disease
wrote 1 week ago: Our genome — the blueprint for what makes us who we are — can provide valuable clues about our healt … more →
Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Treating Hemophilia
wrote 5 months ago: Despite the vast promise of the genetic revolution in medicine, the fact remains that the hype has f … more →
Encoding Secret Messages in Invisible Bacterial Ink
wrote 8 months ago: What kid hasn’t fantasized about sending secret coded messages in invisible ink? Now a team of … more →
High Blood Pressure Genes Identified
wrote 8 months ago: Like many medical conditions, high blood pressure is the result of some combination of environmental … more →
Next on CSI: Using Saliva to Tell a Person's Age
wrote 11 months ago: If you’re a fan of CSI, you know that dead men don’t tell lies. Not even about their age … more →
It's a Match: How Officials Used DNA to Identify bin Laden
wrote 1 year ago: The Obama Administration used several methods, including DNA testing, to confirm that U.S. Navy Seal … more →
Elizabeth Taylor's Killer Beauty
wrote 1 year ago: Elizabeth Taylor wasn’t one for understatement: she had eight marriages, won two Oscars and wa … more →
How Being a Jerk Shortens Your Life
wrote 1 year ago: Beware jocks and mean girls: you may be more popular in high school, but according to a new academic … more →
DNA Tests of Disabled Kids Uncover Evidence of Incest
wrote 1 year ago: Advances in genetic testing allow doctors unprecedented access to our DNA. But sometimes these tests … more →
New Way to Investigate Crime: A DNA Test for Hair Color
wrote 1 year ago: Never mind what the sleuths on CSI would have you believe, finding DNA at the scene of a crime can s … more →
Study: You Are What Your Dad Ate
wrote 1 year ago: Imagine if you bequeathed your children not just your genetic material, but also the consequences of … more →
Why Surgeons Dread Redheads
wrote 1 year ago: As the authors of a recent study published in BMJ attest, society’s red-haired members don … more →
Never Mind the Tea Party. Can a 'Liberal Gene' Make You a Party Animal?
wrote 1 year ago: Politics aren’t just a matter of personal choice or parental influence — they’re somethi … more →
Study: Researchers Identify Hundreds of Gene Variants That Contribute to Height
wrote 1 year ago: If you’re cursing Mom and Dad’s genes for making you too short (or too tall), you’ … more →
Latest Ruling Opens Stem Cell Research, But Experts Worry for the Long Term
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wrote 1 year ago: The former Congressman behind a 1996 law that prohibits the government from funding research that ha … more →
