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Scientists create DNA tracking tags, might soon be used to track protesters as well as animals
Researchers at the University of Aveiro in Portugal are developing DNA barcode tags that can…
Still Chasing Ghosts: A New Genetic Methodology Will Not Find the "Missing Heritability"
One of the hopes and promises of the Human Genome Sequencing Project was that it…
DNA Double Take – Individuals Can Have Multiple Genomes
Not long ago, researchers had thought it was rare for the cells in a single…
Researchers to Explore Promise, Risks of Sequencing Newborns' DNA
U.S. geneticists last week began examining the promise and risks of sequencing every newborn’s genome….
Life Sciences Open Rank Tenure Track Faculty Position
The Division of Life Sciences in the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences announces the…
Jessica Lynch Alfaro Publishes Poem "Flight Distances"
ISG Associate Director, Jessica Lynch Alfaro, publishes poem “Flight Distances” in the journal Poecology. Poecology…
In Memory of Dr. Peter Huttenlocher, Explorer of Brain Development
James Ballard/University of Chicago Medicine Dr. Peter Huttenlocher, a pediatric neurologist…
DNA analysis reveals fungus behind white-nose bat syndrome is likely from Europe
New research by Daniel Lindner, a research plant pathologist at the U.S. Forest Service’s Center for…
Genetic study looks for clues to origin of Indian caste system
Article Excerpt:Research published in the American Journal of Human Genetics shows that the mixing of different cultural…
MIT scientists plant false memory in mouse’s mind
Excerpt: In a mind-control experiment that demonstrates the astonishing power of new neuroscience tools, MIT…
Genetic screening: Every newborn a patient
ISG faculty Dr. Stefan Timmermans describes how “giving parents a torrent of information about a…
Uncanny Portraits Visualize The Power of Genetics
copyright Ulric Collette Excerpt: Genetics Are Awesome isn’t an educational visualization like…