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26 Gene Mutations Identified That Promote Lung CancerScientists have identified 26 genes that, when damaged, appear to promote lung cancer. This discovery is a step toward developing new treatments that can be tailored to specific patients. Considering that lung cancer is the leading cancer killer worldwide, it's about time we make some progress. ... |
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Francis Collins, former head of the Human Genome Project, endorses Obama [A Vote For Science]Francis Collins, the former Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute and lead on the Human Genome Project has just published an opinion piece in the Virginian Pilot endorsing Barack Obama. Unfortunately the Pilot does not post their guest opinion pieces online, but a good friend i... |
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BioNanomatrix awarded NIH grant for nanoscale platform for single-molecule DNA mappingBioNanomatrix, Inc. has announced receipt of a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Under the direction of BioNanomatrix principal investigator Dr. Ming Xiao, the two-year $399,020 project will develop a nanoscale platform for si... |
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DNA Technology Posts Dramatic Speed IncreasesA prominent genetics institute recently sequenced its trillionth base pair of DNA, highlighting just how fast genome sequencing technology has improved this century. Every two minutes, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute sequences as many base pairs as all researchers worldwide did from 1... |
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So long Francis! [Discovering Biology in a Digital World]After leading the Human Genome Project and the National Human Genome Research Institute at the NIH for many years, Francis Collins is retiring. No matter what you think of Francis Collins, he's been successful in getting the genome project done and he's done some amazing things during the 15... |
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Good-bye Frank! [evolgen]Francis Collins, head of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), will be stepping down from that position in August. Collins has overseen the sequencing of the human genome, the HapMap project, the ENCODE project, and many other large advances in genomics. The NHGRI has had a major ... |
