Genetics

Editorial: A Ban on Genetic Discrimination

New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

A new law rightly protects people who have inherited a predisposition to disease and opens a door to genetic testing.

CVS Caremark Launching Collaborating with Generation Health To Launch Program to Predict Patient Response for a Dozen Drugs With Genetic Testing

The Medical Quack (Free subscription) | yesterday

This is the first announcement of this type I have seen. Generation Health bills itself as a genetic benefit management company. It seems interesting that GINA has just become effective with new provisions that prevent family history to be used as it relates back to potential discrimination in hereditary areas and now we have a company wanting to jump in and help patients manage clinical and genetic...

Law seeks to ban misuse of genetic testing

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

he first federal anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years takes effect Saturday, prohibiting employers from hiring, firing or determining promotions based on genetic makeup.

Genetics anti-bias law takes effect

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

The first federal anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years takes effect today, prohibiting employers from hiring, firing or determining promotions based on genetic makeup.

PLoS Genetics Publishes Maize Genome Collection

Public Library of Science (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

2009 PLoS Genetics Maize Genome Collection PLoS Genetics is pleased to announce the launch of the 2009 Maize Genome Collection . Maize is an important crop in many countries of the world. It is used widely for human consumption, animal feed, and industrial materials. It is also considered an exemplar plant species for studying domestication, molecular evolution, and genome architecture. The authors...

Genetics in (in)action

On The Curb (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

When Gav hopped in the car after school today, I looked over and had a total flashback to my disheveled notebooks of yesteryear. “Is that your history folder?” “Yeah.” “What about your math?” “It’s in here.” “English?” “Yep.” “I’m not even going to ask about science.” At the beginning of the school year...

Cepheid - Medical Equipment - Deals and Alliances Profile

bharatbook | 11/21/2009

Cepheid is a molecular diagnostic company, engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of fully-integrated systems and tests for genetic analysis in the clinical, industrial and biothreat markets. These systems allow rapid and sophisticated genetic testing for organisms and genetic-based diseases. Its two major system platforms include the SmartCycler and GeneXpert systems. Cepheid’s

Ever wonder how gravity affects the formation of wood?

ForestTalk (Free subscription) | yesterday

If so, soon you may have your answer! 24 willow saplings from derived from clones of trees in Fredericton, New Brunswick and Truro, Nova Scotia are now in space!! The saplings were launched into space last Monday via NASA's space transport shuttle - Atlantis. They are on their way to the international space station. Rodney Savidge , a professor in the faculty of forestry and environmental management...

Biggest Healthcare Stocks Losers were BCRX, NVAX, HLCS : by Penny Stock Pick alert

Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | yesterday

( EMAILWIRE.COM , November 21, 2009 ) Dallas, TX - BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX) plunges 8.17% to $9.55 after the company yesterday announced pricing of a public offering of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at $9.75 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of $48.75 million. All of the shares are being offered by BioCryst pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement previously...

Exact Sciences Corporation - Medical Equipment - Deals and Alliances Profile

bharatbook | 11/21/2009

EXACT Sciences Corporation (EXACT) is a molecular diagnostics company engaged in the development of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-based technologies used in the detection of cancer. It principally focuses on the identification of colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. and the leading cause of cancer death among non-smokers. The company licensed some of its technologies

DNA from Asian carp found 7 miles from Lake Michigan

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sophisticated genetic testing in Chicago area waterways has found evidence of the dreaded Asian carp within seven miles of Lake Michigan, federal and state officials said in a cautious note of concern Friday. The carp apparently leaped over an electrical barrier once called the "last line of defense" for the Great Lakes. The finding has spurred a crash effort to find the actual fish. The...

• Evidence of Asian carp found 7 miles from Lake Michigan - Chicago Breaking News

The Amaizing Corn Genome

Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday

In recent years, scientists have decoded the DNA of humans and a menagerie of creatures but none with genes as complex as a stalk of corn, the latest genome to be unraveled. A team of scientists led by The Genome Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis published the completed corn genome in the Nov.

Beyond Genomics, Biologists And Engineers Decode The Next Frontier

Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday

A team of Princeton biologists and engineers has dramatically improved the speed and accuracy of measuring an enigmatic set of proteins that influences almost every aspect of how cells and tissues function. The new method offers a long-sought tool for studying stem cells, cancer and other problems of fundamental importance to biology and medicine.

Ancestry Attracts, But Love Is Blind

Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday

People preferentially marry those with similar ancestry, but their decisions are not necessarily based on hair, eye or skin colour. Research, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology, shows that Mexicans mate according to proportions of Native American to European ancestry, while Puerto Ricans are more likely to settle down with someone carrying a similar mix of African and...

• People prefer partners with similar ancestry - Sify
• Ancestry attracts, but love is blind - Science Daily
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Schizophrenia Gene's Role May Be Broader, More Potent, Than Thought

Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday

UCSF scientists studying nerve cells in fruit flies have uncovered a new function for a gene whose human equivalent may play a critical role in schizophrenia. Scientists have known that the mutated form of the human gene - one of three consistently associated with schizophrenia - mildly disrupts the transmission of chemical signals between nerve cells in the brain.

Exact Sciences Corporation - Medical Equipment - Deals and Alliances Profile

bharatbook | 11/21/2009

EXACT Sciences Corporation (EXACT) is a molecular diagnostics company engaged in the development of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-based technologies used in the detection of cancer. It principally focuses on the identification of colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. and the leading cause of cancer death among non-smokers. The company licensed some of its technologies

Cepheid - Medical Equipment - Deals and Alliances Profile

bharatbook | 11/21/2009

Cepheid is a molecular diagnostic company, engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of fully-integrated systems and tests for genetic analysis in the clinical, industrial and biothreat markets. These systems allow rapid and sophisticated genetic testing for organisms and genetic-based diseases. Its two major system platforms include the SmartCycler and GeneXpert systems. Cepheid’s operations

SCIENCE REPORT -Vaccine Against Cervical Cancer And Study Finds Women Over 50 Can Have Healthy Babies And Scientists Try Different Ways to Make Spider Silk

pen8gnig | 10/28/2009

http://www.1-language.com/eslnews/science021217.htm \Today, we tell about a new vaccine that may prevent a kind of cancer. We tell about a study that says older women can have healthy babies. And we tell about efforts to make silk by using genetic engineering.Today, we tell about a new vaccine that may prevent a kind of cancer. We tell about a study that says older women can have healthy babies. And...