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Popular Mechanics
April 15, 2009
Erin McCarthy |
Is Fringe's Genetic Monster Possible? Unlike the monster on Fringe, altered animals typically have only a single gene difference from non-altered animals -- but they can look different.   |
Wired
May 2002
Brian Alexander |
The Remastered Race Artificial chromosomes and in vitro screening are giving new life to the eugenics debate. The question is not whether we want to engineer embryos but how far it should go... |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2000
Ronald Bailey |
Strands of Life Book Review: Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, by Matt Ridley |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Maternal and Paternal Genes Don't Always Have The Same Effect On Offspring The genes you inherited from your mom and those passed along from your dad don't have equal footing when it comes to how they influence your biology. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2010
Amber Angelle |
How to Create a Designer Baby Women undergoing in vitro fertilization could one day choose to have a baby boy with perfect vision, an aptitude for sports and a virtual lock on avoiding colon cancer. |
Salon.com
May 25, 1999
Arthur Allen |
Is it in the genes? Is it in the genes?: Studies suggest human behavior isn't as predetermined as some thought. |
Salon.com
October 5, 2000
Leah Kohlenberg |
Designer babies? Pediatrician and ethicist Joel Frader says that just because a family has had a child to provide a bone-marrow transplant for an ailing daughter, it doesn't mean custom-ordered kids are right around the corner... |
Bio-IT World
February 10, 2003
Kevin Davies |
With a Click of the Mouse What do Eminem and Mus musculus have in common? About 30,000 genes, for a start. The author mulls over the second mammalian genome. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2012
Sarah C. P. Williams |
Stephen Quake: Innovative Thinking on Genetic Tests His ideas have already led to a blood test to tell a pregnant woman whether her fetus has Down syndrome. Now, the HHMI investigator is pushing further, to track the success of heart transplants and diagnose autoimmune diseases and allergies. |
Salon.com
May 1, 2000
Arthur Allen |
Listening to DNA The genome project is getting the buzz. But the real breakthroughs may come from labs out of the limelight, like Gene Logic. |
Fast Company
November 2009
David H. Freedman |
The Gene Bubble: Why We Still Aren't Disease-Free When the human genome was first sequenced nearly a decade ago, the world lit up with talk about how new gene-specific drugs would help us cheat death. Well, the verdict is in: Keep eating those greens. |
Scientific American
June 2005
JR Minkel |
RNA to the Rescue The spectacular discovery that a species of plant can summon up genes its parents have lost highlights biologists' increasing recognition of RNA as a more versatile and important molecule in its own right. |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2012
Sarah C.P. Williams |
The Twists and Turns of Immunity Fred Alt has built a career making sense of the immune system -- specifically, the diverse antibodies that fight off invading molecules, from viruses to cancer cells to pollen. |
Salon.com
February 13, 2001
Arthur Allen |
Size doesn't matter As scientists unveil the human genome findings, it turns out we have a lot fewer genes than we'd thought, and not many more than a fruit fly... |
BusinessWeek
January 16, 2006
Arlene Weintraub |
Crossing The Gene Barrier On the frontiers of biotech, two scientists are mingling the genetic materials of man and beast in new ways. The hoped-for outcome: Radical treatments for some of mankind's most intractable ailments. |
Salon.com
April 3, 2001
Theresa Pinto Sherer |
Baby loves me, baby loves me not Is there a biological guarantee that your child will love you? Not yet... |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
John Carey |
The NIH's Roadmap for Research Charting the human genome was just the beginning. Now the focus is creating pathways that will lead to practical applications. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2011 |
Star Search Biologists have committed to studying mouse lemurs without sacrificing them, instead turning to genetics, imaging, and other noninvasive techniques honed through the study of other model organisms. |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005
John Carey |
Dr. Francis S. Collins: On The Trail Of Disease Genes Collins is leading the search for DNA variations that can result in illnesses. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
Schoenbach et al. |
Zap Extreme voltage could be a surprisingly delicate tool in the fight against cancer. The list of effects that scientists have achieved using nanoseconds-long pulses is growing rapidly, though their actual use as a medical treatment is still years away. |
Smithsonian
October 2006
Steve Olson |
Neanderthal Man Svante Paabo has probed the DNA of Egyptian mummies and extinct animals. Now he hopes to learn more about what makes us tick by decoding the DNA of our evolutionary cousins. |
Wired
November 2002
David Ewing Duncan |
DNA as Destiny DNA is the book of life. It's also the book of death. In the future we'll all be read cover to cover. Here's what it's like to take the world's first top-to-bottom gene scan. |
Popular Mechanics
February 4, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
Could a Designer Virus Turn You Into a Monster? In this week's episode of Fringe, a virus turns a man into a monster. Here from experts how much scientific truth and fiction is in this storyline. |
Wired
September 2002
Amanda Griscom |
Take These Genes and Call Me in the Morning Gene vaccines may be relatively new, but they're the logical outgrowth of two familiar strands of medical science. |
HHMI Bulletin
Spring 2013
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Sounding the Alarm Details on how cells detect and respond to foreign DNA may provide clues to autoimmune diseases. |
Chemistry World
February 23, 2007
Michael Gross |
X Labelling Springs a Surprise In stark contrast to expectations, researchers have found that the active versions of genes on X chromosomes are more heavily methylated than the inactive versions. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
August 1, 2008
Patrick Clinton |
Salute to the Murines What can we say about modern medicine? The answer, of course, is that it's brilliant at curing the ailments of mice. |
Bio-IT World
October 2005
Kevin Davies |
Monkey Business The impact of the chimpanzee genome is not confined to science. It offers an urgent reminder of the endangered status of many primate species. |
Chemistry World
July 13, 2011
Hayley Birch |
Naked mole-rat genome holds clue to beating cancer The recently published draft sequence of the naked mole-rat genome promises to reveal the secrets of its long and remarkably cancer-free existence, potentially providing new targets for anti-cancer drugs. |
Salon.com
December 19, 2000
Carolyn McConnell |
"The Century of the Gene" by Evelyn Fox Keller A new book argues that there may be no such thing as a gene. At least, it has proved very difficult to isolate a discrete physical item that can do the work our notion of the gene does... |
Popular Mechanics
September 2006
Ben Harder |
Seeking Immunity Pathogens like West Nile virus show no respect for borders. But a new class of vaccines may soon keep them in check. |
Chemistry World
October 31, 2008
Manisha Lalloo |
DNA-rewinding protein discovered US scientists have found an enzyme that rewinds sections of DNA whose strands have mistakenly come apart. |
Salon.com
June 27, 2000
Tabitha M. Powledge |
Book of life? Hosanna! The Human Genome Project has been completed. We will now cure diseases, weed out defective genes and create a new supergeneration in the near future. Not. |
Wired
August 2003
Jennifer Kahn |
The End of Cancer (As we Know it) Diagnosis. Chemotherapy. Radiation. Slow painful death. No more. A new era of cancer treatment is dawning. Meet three scientists who are using the revelations of the Human Genome Project to reshape medicine. |
Salon.com
May 3, 1999
Dawn MacKeen |
The Clone Age Adventures in the new world of reproductive technology... |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011
Cassandra Willyard |
A Faster Knockout With a virus, a needle, and an ultrasound machine, researchers have drastically cut the time it takes to disable a gene in mice. |
Scientific American
May 2009
Christine Soares |
Cancer Clues from Embryonic Development Rethinking cancer by seeing tumors as a cellular pregnancy. |
Salon.com
August 11, 2000
Jackie Stevens |
Does capitalism make you sick? Gene studies are sexy and well funded, but they can buttress racial thinking and distract the public from the socioeconomic roots of disease. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2008 |
The other half of an HIV mystery is solved When HIV infects a human immune cell, which of the cell's own genes play a role? |
Bio-IT World
April 15, 2003
Malorye Branca |
Beyond the Blueprint How will the wealth of data emanating from the human genome and allied technologies impact research on health and disease? |
Reason
August 2002
Ronald Bailey |
Forever Young The new scientific search for immortality |
Bio-IT World
February 11, 2005
Kevin Davies |
Bioinformatics on the Brain Adaptive selection: accelerated mutation rate produced humans' large brain. |
BusinessWeek
January 16, 2006
Arlene Weintraub |
What's Ethical And What Isn't? The debate over using human cells in animals for medical research. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Scientists Track Down Genetic Mutations In Record Time Scanning the human genome for a single disease-causing mutation is like taking a copy of War and Peace in a foreign language and searching for one misspelled word |
AskMen.com
Sebastien Stefanov |
Are Modified Foods Dangerous? What foods are potentially dangerous, what are the risks and how can consumers protect themselves against this new industry? |
BusinessWeek
October 23, 2008 |
The Story in Your Genes There's tremendous value in genetic data, but it depends on how deeply you look. |
Science News
March 25, 2006
Janet Raloff |
Meat Poses Exaggerated Cancer Risk for Some People The National Toxicology Program confirmed that heterocyclic amines that form in overcooked meat can trigger colon cancer in animals and probably do the same in people. |
Chemistry World
March 1, 2011
Catherine Bacon |
Unravelling chromosomes Danish scientists have used a micro device to isolate centimetre-long portions of human DNA to help study the genetic make-up of diseased cells. |
Scientific American
June 2009
Melinda Wenner |
Genetic Copy Variations and Disease A new sense for how variable numbers of genes cause disease. |
Salon.com
January 9, 2001
Ralph Brave |
Decoding the genome Six new books tackle human biology's Holy Grail, but each fights its own crusade... |
