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Alzheimer’s drug puts journalists’ judgment to test
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How did the media do in covering news that a new drug appeared to halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease for up to three years – a result never achieved before – but only in a handful of patients...? Alzheimer’s drug puts journalists’ judgment to test, published on the blog of Association of healthcare journalists - Jul. 19th, 2012 by Judith Graham [online] |
Inbreeding's downside is not all in the genes
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Epigenetic explanation for some effects of inbreeding. Online at Science NOW; written by Carrie Arnold on 10 July 2012. The Habsburgs learned about inbreeding the hard way. Centuries of marriages between close relatives in this Austrian-Spanish royal family led to mental illness, infertility, and the eventual extinction of the entire bloodline. For more than a hundred years, scientists have chalked up such problems to rare genetic mutations, but a new study in plants suggest epigenetic mechanisms are involved too. [online] |
100,000 pathogen genomes will lead to new and better tests
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The 100K Genome Project, which aims to sequence the genomes of 100,000 infectious microorganisms, has been launched... Published at Genome Engineering blog: July 16, 2012 by Suzanne Elvidge [online] |
23andMe’s face in the crowdsourced health research industry gets bigger
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Crowdsourced health research gets a boost by merging with personalized genomics company, 23andMe. Nature Medicine - Spoonfull of medicine blog, July 12, 2012. [online] |
Epigenetics III: Epigenetic control of natural genetic engineering and environmental inputs into evolutionary change
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By James A. Shapiro. Huffington Post online July 18, 2012 [online] |
Epigenetics I: Turning a DNA packaging problem into a developmental control system
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By James A. Shapiro. Huffington Post online July 9, 2012 [online] |
A life-death predictor adds to a cancer’s strain
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Genetic test changes the game in cancer prognosis By Gina Kolata Published: July 9, 2012 in the New York Times [online] |
Centenarians vs newborns: Epigenetic differences reveal clues to ageing
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"Centenarians vs newborns: Epigenetic differences reveal clues to ageing 14 June 2012 by James Gallagher, BBC news " [online] |
Flavor is price of Scarlet Hue of tomatoes, study finds
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A gene mutation that breeders latched onto because it makes a tomato uniformly red also stifles genes that contribute to its taste, researchers say. [online] |
Physics nobelists tell of their prize-winning discoveries
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In selections from the archives of Scientific American, physicists give firsthand accounts of their groundbreaking work. By John Matson and Ferris Jabr, June 28, 2012 [online] |
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