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Landmark study breakthrough in breast cancer DNA
By: AnneHart
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, according to a Newswire press release of October 7, 2009, for the first time in history, BC Cancer Agency scientists in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada have decoded all of the three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic lobular breast cancer tumor, a type of breast cancer which accounts for ...
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Female sharks can reproduce without having sex,according to a scientific research. A female hammerhead shark has given birth without mating with a male and its baby has no fatherly DNA. Sharks can reproduce asexually by an unusual method known as “parthenogenesis”. This is the first scientific report of asexual ...
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UAE to Start DNA Data Base for Residents from Next Year
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The UAE aims to start collecting genetic samples from residents within 12 months as part of its controversial DNA database project, the programme’s director said yesterday, making it the first country in the world to do so. Dr Ahmed al Marzooqi, the director of the National DNA Database, also said the order for millions of people to allow ...
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A much needed 'Genetic Database' for Researchers...
By: instgtr
Researchers will soon have a much needed "Genetic" Database of over 100,000 patients that will help them do research pertaining to heart disease, diabetes and tailoring of drugs for specific genetic "profiles..." The database (the first of it's kind ) is being stripped of any identification of specific patients and being made available by Kaiser ...
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- News Source: The Guardian | 9 months agoEvery newborn will, within 10 years, be able to have their entire genome mapped, a leading geneticist claims The idea of taking genetic profiles for babies is not new. The issue was raised as a possibility in the government's genetics white paper in...
- News Source: Times Online | 9 months agoThe prospect of sequencing every patient’s genetic code has enticed doctors since the first draft of the human genome was published in 2001. DNA profiles for all would provide critical information about individuals’ inherited risk of diseases and...
- News Source: Times Online | 9 months agoEvery baby born a decade from now will have its genetic code mapped at birth, the head of the world's leading genome sequencing company has predicted. A complete DNA read-out for every newborn will be technically feasible and affordable in less than...
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