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Technology company Knome unveils a machine it says will "break the bottleneck" in the interpretation of human genome data.
Leonard Lerman, who helped elucidate the process from gene to protein, passed away last month at age 87.
Researchers find that a deadly bacterial disease hitchhikes in people infected with the virus that causes AIDS to spread throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
The United States government is concerned over the declining levels of state funding for public research universities, citing a threat to overall economic health.
A large Chinese sequencing center’s purchase of Complete Genomics, a California-based DNA services company, ensures the valued technology will remain on the market.
Pharmaceutical and biotech companies ask the US Food and Drug Administration to ensure the independence of a third-party audit of its new drug program.
Privacy advocates are arguing that collecting genetic data upon arrest is an invasion of privacy, given recent evidence that 80 percent of the human genome is functional.
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