human genome

PyroBayes software aids researchers analyzing millions of DNA sequences

harminka — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:18:23 -0500

It took a global corps of scientists approximately $500 million and 13 years to identify the more than 35,000 genes of the human genome. Five years later, Boston College Biologist Gabor Marth and his research team have developed software that can analyze half a million DNA sequences in 10 minutes.

More functional DNA in genome than previously thought

harminka — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:59:56 -0600

Surrounding the small islands of genes within the human genome is a vast sea of mysterious DNA. While most of this non-coding DNA is junk, some of it is used to help genes turn on and off.

New research to decode genetic secrets of prolific potato pest

harminka — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:18:19 -0600

The full weight of a consortium of world-leading scientists – including those who helped decode the entire human genome – is being thrown at a parasitic worm less than 1mm long.

Evolutionary comparison finds new human genes

harminka — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:23:24 -0600

Using supercomputers to compare portions of the human genome with those of other mammals, researchers at Cornell have discovered some 300 previously unidentified human genes, and found extensions of several hundred genes already known.

Faith and Science Heal Body and Soul

Dinka — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:12:26 -0500

Ten years ago, scientist and physician Dr. Francis Collins led a team of researchers on a successful, pioneering mission to map the human genome. As an author, he has shared his strong belief in the compatibility of modern science and faith in God.

First individual human genome decoded

Dinka — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:24:02 -0500

The first individual genome ever sequenced has revealed genetic variation among humans far richer than previously imagined. The 2.8 billion contiguous bits of genetic code - a complete DNA blueprint of celebrity scientist Craig Venter - have been published in the online open-access journal PLoS Biology.

Up to 10 percent of human genome may have changed

harminka — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:32:41 -0500

A Cornell study of genome sequences in African-Americans, European-Americans and Chinese suggests that natural selection has caused as much as 10 percent of the human genome to change in some populations in the last 15,000 to 100,000 years, when people began migrating from Africa.

Human genetic deserts are teeming with significant life

harminka — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:59:56 -0500

Many of the areas of the human genome previously thought to be deserts are in fact teeming with life, a scientist will tell the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today (Tuesday 19 June).

Mathematicians Map E8

harminka — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:21:04 -0500

Mathematicians have mapped the inner workings of one of the most complicated structures ever studied: the object known as the exceptional Lie group E8. This achievement is significant both as an advance in basic knowledge and because of the many connections between E8 and other areas, including string theory and geometry.

Scientists map key landmarks in human genome

harminka — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:47:04 -0600