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New model org? Cluck cluck ()
New research probing chicken's DNA may point to an expansion of another role for the flightless fowl: biomedical model organism

Stem cell regs to become law? ()
New legislation would codify last year's executive order, which overturned the limitations implemented by former President George Bush

To join or not to join ()
The benefits of membership to a scientific society are decreasing every year. Lately, I'm asking: Why bother?

Genetics News From Medical News Today

A Deep Look Into Population Variation In Gene Activity Provides Key Insight Into Cell Functions And Disease Susceptibility (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PST)
Our DNA contains the information needed to produce different proteins that are the building blocks and key components of cells. Instructions to synthesize such proteins are incorporated into DNA sequences defined as genes. This precious genetic material, however, never leaves the cell's stronghold nucleus...

Decoding Patient's Genome Found Gene For Inherited Neurological Disorder CMT (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PST)
Heralding what they hope is a new era of personalized genomic medicine, experts in the US have identified the gene behind a patient's inherited neurological disorder, in this case a form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, by sequencing his complete genome. Details of the quest are published online in the 10 March issue of the New England Journal of Medicine...

Genomatix Gives A Hand In The Analysis Of Wayne State's Sequencing Projects (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST)
The C.S...

Biology / Biochemistry News From Medical News Today

A Deep Look Into Population Variation In Gene Activity Provides Key Insight Into Cell Functions And Disease Susceptibility (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PST)
Our DNA contains the information needed to produce different proteins that are the building blocks and key components of cells. Instructions to synthesize such proteins are incorporated into DNA sequences defined as genes. This precious genetic material, however, never leaves the cell's stronghold nucleus...

Genomatix Gives A Hand In The Analysis Of Wayne State's Sequencing Projects (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST)
The C.S...

Dr. Alexander Varshavsky And Dr. Harmit Malik Awarded Vilcek Prizes In Biomedical Science (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PST)
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce the granting of the 2010 Vilcek Prize for Biomedical Science to Dr. Alexander Varshavsky, the Howard & Gwen Laurie Smits Professor of Cell Biology at California Institute of Technology, for elucidating the process and biological significance of regulated protein degradation in living cells...