The complete collection of genes — the genome — of a moss has been sequenced, providing scientists an important evolutionary link between single-celled algae and flowering plants.

The complete collection of genes — the genome — of a moss has been sequenced, providing scientists an important evolutionary link between single-celled algae and flowering plants.

From heart disease to AIDS and cancer, Biochemist Frank H. Stephenson helps you understand how the tools of biotechnology are being used to combat our most common afflictions. This book is an approachable look at how the human genome project will eventually benefit humanity in ways we haven't yet contemplated.

Scientists changed species of bacteria by swapping their genomes.

The $1 million, two-month project is a collaboration of 454 Life Sciences and the BCM Human Genome Sequencing Center (HGSC), said Dr. Richard Gibbs, director of the HGSC and a scientific advisor to the Connecticut-based company. BCM's strength in genetics, diagnostics and genomics made it a logical partner in the project. For example, BCM has developed gene chips that can evaluate DNA in chromosomes for deletions or additions associated with increased risk of some diseases.

Restless lifestyle' of so-called junk DNA has meaning for all

Sydney University researchers have helped to produce the first genome sequence for a marsupial as part of an international collaborative study which sheds light on the building blocks of the mammalian immune system.