First, Aravinda Chakravarti drew a map of how scientists might unravel the genetics of complex disease. Then he blazed the trail.
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A study finds that the genomes of swine and human flu viruses associated with a county fair in Ohio are almost perfectly matched, suggesting interspecies transmission.
Scientists identify a false assumption of standard gene expression analyses that could lead to the reappraisal of many prior studies.
A handful of French science academies and government agencies add to a growing chorus of doubts that genetically modified corn causes tumors and early death in rats.
Swapping chromosomes from one human egg to another could eliminate mitochondrial DNA mutations that cause disease.
J. Craig Venter plans to develop a machine to find and sequence DNA on Mars, but another genomics mogul, Jonathan Rothberg, may beat him to it.
The European Food Safety Authority is unconvinced by a study linking genetically modified crops to cancer and early death.
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.
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