The Supreme Court agrees to hear a case deciding if two cancer genes should continue to be protected by patent.
The Supreme Court agrees to hear a case deciding if two cancer genes should continue to be protected by patent.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Undergraduate students delve into genomics and synthetic biology thanks to a new breed of technologically advanced courses.
Undergraduates and others are delving into modern genetics and genomics technologies in classrooms across the country.
The poxvirus stockpiles genes when it needs to adapt.
A type of scallop expels water and waste through a sort of cough that could reveal clues about water quality.
Without publishing any data, a Texas-based forensic company claims to have sequenced the genome of Bigfoot.
Using satellite data, researchers calculate that mountain pine beetle infestations raise summertime temperatures in British Columbia’s pine forests by 1 degree Celsius.
Three-dimensional genome maps are leading to a deeper understanding of how the genome’s form influences its function.
Decades can pass between the discovery of a new animal or plant and its official debut in the scientific literature.