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Probe returns to Earth after asteroid landing

New study indicates an ancient ocean may have covered one-third of Mars

Russian rocket primed for space station mission

No changes in restrictions on gay blood donors

FDA Cracks Down On Genetic Test Companies

Rapid Genome Sequencing Process Effectively Identifies Hereditary Genetic Diseases, Study Shows

Obstacles to Stem Cell Therapy Cleared

How the Wrong Genes Are Repressed

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The Gene Patents Case

Rare disorder erases all social anxiety

Spanking children can lead to aggressive behavior: study

NASA chief sees new jobs, products for industry

Backward planets may have flipped into place

Genetically Modified Crops Get Vote of Approval

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Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome

Mysterious Cosmic 'Dark Flow' Tracked Deeper Into Universe

Deceptive Model: Stem Cells of Humans and Mice Differ More Strongly Than Suspected

Quantum Dots Spotlight DNA-Repair Proteins in Motion

Boost for Technology: Huge Step Toward Mass Production of Coveted Form of Carbon

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A genetic peek deep into the heart of Africa confirms that Africans have more genetic diversity than Europeans or Asians and provides insights into how to live a long life despite disease and famine.

HIV drugs prevent infection in African study

The first U.S. clinical trials in more than 20 years on the medical efficacy of marijuana found that pot helps relieve pain and muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis and certain neurological conditions, according to a report released Wednesday by a UC research center.

NASA Releases First Images From WISE Satellite: The infrared satellite will scan the entire sky searching out previously unseen comets, asteroids, stars and galaxies.

Pluto, Discovered 80 Years Ago, Still a Big Mystery

New way of tracking cancer uses DNA changes: US study

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International Space Updates, September 2009

Prostate Cancer’s Worst Form Linked to Gene-Influencing Virus

We're all mutants, say scientists: Each of us has at least 100 new mutations in our DNA, according to research published in the journal Current Biology.

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Anyone who studied a little genetics in high school has heard of adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine - the A,T,G and C that make up the DNA code. But those are not the whole story. The rise of epigenetics in the past decade has drawn attention to a fifth nucleotide, 5-methylcytosine (5-mC), that sometimes replaces cytosine in the famous DNA double helix to regulate which genes are expressed. And now there's a sixth. In experiments to be published online Thursday by Science, researchers reveal an additional character in the mammalian DNA code, opening an entirely new front in epigenetic research.

New climate strategy: track the world's wealthiest

NEW YORK (AP) — Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday a study shows its human papillomavirus vaccine Cervarix was effective against the types of HPV that are most likely to cause cervical cancer, but also fought other strains of the disease.

Panasonic eyes $315 million in medical robot sales

the Michael Jackson Memorial was on TV today

Artificial brain cells could treat Parkinson's

Young children 'should be taught evolution so they don't mistake Fred Flintstone for scientific fact'

Forensic fingerprinting discovery was a happy accident, admits 'grandfather of DNA'

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I voted yesterday morning... it seems like not a lot of people voted, and I was rather surprized by how it turned out.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers are facing the arduous task of closing a state budget gap of more than $21 billion after ballot measures aimed at bolstering the state's finances were soundly defeated by voters.

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This is a WOMAN'S world: Men face mass extinction because male genes are dying out

->Three hundred million years ago the Y chromosome had about 1,400 genes on it, and now it's only got 45 left, so at this rate we're going to run out of genes on the Y chromosome in about five million years.

... which will eventually lead to 2 different species of humans.

blue eyes

ScienceDaily (Jan. 31, 2008) — New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye colour of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today.

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thank you Perez

As soon as I read this link on perezhilton.com I knew this news really mattered. I had read it earlier in the day, but Perez blogging about it made me know it's real...British scientists make human-cow embryos

I guess we'll have to settle for an open helix if we can't go into space in the near future...

sharks!

Sharks have been around for hundreds of millions of years- their
evolution is truly inspiring. Which leads me to my next thought-
there's something about their DNA that is so powerful that it has
survived when everything else has fallen by the wayside, making shark
genes rather valuable to science.

I want to incorporate these extra hardy genes into my own genome!

Looks like a job for goodnessgenomics@gmail.com :D

I need to sequence Shark genes...

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