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DNA pioneer appeals for cuts to criminal database
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Like so many great discoveries, it was an accident. British scientist Alec Jeffreys realized 25 years ago Thursday that individuals have "DNA fingerprints," unique patterns of genetic material that ...
Britain to remove some DNA profiles from database
May 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Britain said Thursday it will set up a system to remove details about the DNA of innocent people from its nationwide registry of genetic information - but it could take up to 12 years for some of that information ...
Study shows how glaciers affected deer evolution
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A 10-year study of mule and black-tailed deer has found unique subspecies created by the animals' responses to climate change thousands of years ago.
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DNA samples used more for property crimes
Oct 20, 2006 |
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Law enforcement agencies across the United States more and more use a national database of criminals' DNA to solve non-violent property crimes.
Web site links African-Americans to ancestors' voyage
Jan 06, 2009 |
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In a major advance in genealogical research, African-Americans will be able to trace the routes of slave ships that transported 12.5 million of their ancestors from Africa as early as the 16th century.
New databases put wings on search for bipolar risk genes
Jul 31, 2007 |
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A novel, free, public online database opening this week should greatly speed efforts to find genes linked to increase risk of bipolar disorder. The Bipolar Disorder Phenome Database—a joint project of Johns Hopkins Psychiatry ...
New tools for prediction of disease progression in acute childhood leukemia
Nov 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Uppsala University and University Children’s Hospital in Uppsala have devised powerful new tools for typing cells from children with acute lymphatic leukemia and for prediction of how children ...
Study finds 231 new genes associated with head and neck cancer
Oct 04, 2009 |
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A Henry Ford Hospital study has identified 231 new genes associated with head and neck cancer, one of the most deadly cancers responsible for 2.1 percent of all cancer deaths in the United States.
DNA analysis unlocks students' pasts
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Jan 31, 2008 |
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For most of her life, Georgia State doctoral student Erin Harper thought of herself as African-American with French ancestry.
Using kin's DNA to find criminals focus of study
May 12, 2006 |
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The use of DNA kinship analysis methods could be an effective tool in helping to identify potential criminal suspects, but there are also legal and policy implications of doing so.
Show me your DNA and I'll tell you your eye color
Mar 09, 2009 |
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More and more information is being gathered about how human genes influence medically relevant traits, such as the propensity to develop a certain disease. The ultimate goal is to predict whether or not a given trait will ...
On the trail of rogue genetically modified pathogens
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Mar 18, 2008 |
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Bacteria can be used to engineer genetic modifications, thereby providing scientists with a tool to combat many challenges in areas from food production to drug discovery. However, this sophisticated technology can also be ...
Tracing African-American Ancestry Difficult
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Oct 12, 2006 |
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Mitochondrial DNA may not hold the key to unlocking the ancestry of African Americans, according to a study by a University of South Carolina researcher published in this week’s issue of the journal BMC Biology.
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