Double helix celebrates 60; detecting calories without taste; bacteria vs. tumor; perceptual consciousness in babies
Double helix celebrates 60; detecting calories without taste; bacteria vs. tumor; perceptual consciousness in babies
Genome Biology speaks to a scientist involved in the discovery of the structure of DNA, and asks modern geneticists to highlight the key advances that have followed.
By engineering the genome of E. coli with genes from several sources, scientists have coaxed the microbe to produce diesel-replica hydrocarbons.
Researchers use bacteria to deliver radiation to shrink pancreatic tumors in mice.
A cancer researcher found guilty of misconduct has reached a settlement with the ORI that allows him to apply for federal research funding.
A researcher working for a US pharmaceutical company’s Scotland branch is sent to prison for falsifying safety test data on experimental drugs due for clinical trials.
A newly developed drug, modeled after a bacteria-infecting virus, is less likely to become antibiotic resistant.
A decision will not be reached until later in the year, but the United States’ top justices appear to be inclined to rule against the validity of patenting human genes.
Today’s tulip trees carry similar mitochondrial DNA as those that grew in the time of the dinosaurs.
Francis Crick’s Nobel Prize medal for the discovery of the structure of DNA sold for 4 times its estimated value.