http://www.netvouz.com/spisio/tag/dna?feed=rss spisio's bookmarks tagged "dna" on Netvouz http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/23/500000-londoners-prepare-for-the-worlds-largest-medical-experiment/ London scientists will soon be carrying out the biggest medical experiment in the world. It will consist of collecting DNA samples from 500,000 British citizens that are between the ages of 40 and 69. The plan is to use the samples they collect over four spisio Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:34:24 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/09/19/ancient-viral-dna-may-be-essential-to-mammal-reproduction/ A recent experiment supports the theory that certain DNA sequences in mammals, which originated from ancient retroviruses, played a key role in the evolution of the placenta. spisio Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:12:09 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/28/diagnosis-of-a-virus-with-a-microchip/ A microchip with the ability to rapidly diagnose illness-causing viruses has recently been developed by the University of Colorado and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The FluChip is able to distinguish the type and subtype of 72 infl spisio Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:34:22 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/09/med-biogene-inc-reports-promising-pre-clinical-results-for-lymphoma-diagnostic/ Vancouver based, Med BioGene Inc. announced August 3rd the results of its pre-clinical tests of its Diagnostic Lymphoma Bioarray. It will be used to detect if a patient has lymphoma. spisio Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:29:04 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/10/scientists-boost-rice-crops-already-impressive-water-resistance/ Even though rice is usually grown in ponds of water called paddies, floods can have a devastating impact on crop yield due to the plants drowning. This threat to farmers could soon change with the discovery of a gene that allows rice to live longer underw spisio Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:52:27 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/09/06/ultrasound-aids-in-drug-delivery/ Using ultrasound creates holes in the cell membrane, which allows entry of larger molecules. These holes are large enough to allow entry of larger oral drugs, proteins and DNA segments used in gene therapy. spisio Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:12:27 GMT