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Gene test on kids' sporting skills
Published December 1, 2008, 10:48 am, The Times of India
BOULDER, COLORADO: When Donna Campiglia learned recently that a genetic test might be able to determine which sports suit the talents of her 2 ½-year-old son, Noah, she instantly said, Where can I get it and how much does it cost?
Opening up the last part of the spectrum
Published December 1, 2008, 10:44 am, PhysOrg
(PhysOrg.com) -- New European research on the last, hidden part of the electromagnetic spectrum is producing new, safe and non-destructive tests for medicine, security and industrial quality control.
'Deranged Calcium Signaling' Contributes To Neurological Disorder
Published December 1, 2008, 9:40 am, Science Daily
Defective calcium metabolism in nerve cells may play a major role in a fatal genetic neurological disorder that resembles Huntington's disease, researchers have found in a mouse study.
Bioengineering may be future of our food supply
Published December 1, 2008, 9:22 am, The Springfield News-Leader
Kunming, China -- Zeng Yawen's outdoor laboratory in the terraced hills of southern China is a trove of genetic potential -- rice that thrives in unusually cool temperatures, high altitudes or in dry soil; rice rich in calcium, vitamins or iron.
Monday: Bow Decision, Survival Biz Boom, Kid Genetic Tests
Published December 1, 2008, 9:05 am, Flathead Beacon
Good morning and happy 74th birthday Woody Allen. On the Beacon this morning, one of the FBI's "Most Wanted" fugitives – a 62-year-old indicted for child sexual assault – may be hiding out in Montana. A Kalispell judge has upheld a state rule that prohibits parolees and probationers from possessing bows used for hunting. With a tanking economy and a new president set to take office, the ...
HIV As Sole Cause Of AIDS Challanged
Published December 1, 2008, 8:17 am, PRWeb via Yahoo! News
For almost a quarter-century the AIDS establishment has drummed into our heads that the HIV virus is the sole cause of AIDS, an epidemic that has already killed more than 25 million people worldwide since 1981. AIDS research is entirely consumed with the development and sale of expensive "anti-virals", which many can't afford.
Food Crunch Opens Doors to Bioengineered Crops
Published December 1, 2008, 5:29 am, Wired News
Surging costs, population growth, and drought and other setbacks linked to global climate change are pressuring world food supplies, while soaring prices on the street have triggered riots and raised the number of people going hungry to more than 923 million, according to U.N. estimates.With food demand forecast to increase by half by 2030, the incentive to use genetic engineering to boost ...
New Advances In The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Inherited And Acquired Blistering Skin Diseases
Published December 1, 2008, 5:11 am, Medical News Today
More than 220 clinicians, researchers and allied health professionals from Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts and King's College London came together for a Biomedical Forum to hear about the advances being made in the understanding of blistering skin diseases at the three organisations and how these will translate to improved patient care.
Keeping Chromosomes From Cuddling Up
Published December 1, 2008, 3:11 am, Medical News Today
If chromosomes snuggle up too closely at the wrong times, the results can be genetic disaster. Now researchers have found the molecular machines in fruit flies that yank chromosomes, the DNA-carrying structures, apart when necessary. The machines, proteins called condensin II, separate chromosomes by twisting them into supercoils that kink up and therefore can no longer touch.
New Zealand penguin saga
Published December 1, 2008, 1:54 am, Louisville Courier-Journal
Researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago. The research suggests that the first humans in New Zealand hunted the newly found Waitaha penguin to extinction by 1500, about 250 years after their arrival on the islands.
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