Elaine Mardis can make DNA sequencers sing, generating genome data that shed light on evolution and disease.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario. Age: 34
The collective intelligence of thousands of video game players is helping researchers understand the regulation of more than 500 different disease genes.
The National Institutes of Health promises about $400 million to help get personalized genetics into the clinic.
After 6 months in orbit, Caenorhabditis elegans return to Earth—alive and well.
Researchers find that newts are capable of regenerating body parts well into old age.
Full Professor and Senior Research Group Leader, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Age: 42
Cut off a newt’s tail or a leg, or remove a lens from its eye, and it grows back. However, whether newts can continue to do this throughout their lives, or lose the ability as they get older, has remained a mystery. Now, in an experiment spanning 16
Tagging antibodies with rare earth metals instead of fluorescent molecules turns a veteran technique into a high-throughput powerhouse.
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