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.
Animal-rights activists devastate a psychiatric research lab at the University of Milan.
Researchers use bacteria to deliver radiation to shrink pancreatic tumors in mice.
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.
A new survey finds a high incidence of sexual harassment and rape among women doing anthropological field work.
Francis Crick’s Nobel Prize medal for the discovery of the structure of DNA sold for 4 times its estimated value.