Scientists from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in Oxford and the Institute of Child Health in London have identified a gene linked to the disruption of speech and language development. The genetic link may show why some people suffer from particular language impairments. Professor Anthony Monaco from the...
British scientists have decoded the genetic sequence of the bacteria that causes Black Death, otherwise known as the plague. The discovery may lead to the production of a vaccine or treatments for the disease, which still affects people around the world today and is viewed as a potential weapon for...
A new test has been developed that will make it much easier, faster and also cheaper to detect some genetic abnormalities that are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. The American scientists who have developed the test say that it may have the potential to transform future breast...
Scientists have announced that hospital 'superbugs', bacteria resistant to antibiotics, have been dealt a blow by the decoding of the genomes of two of the most feared of the bugs. Japanese researchers from Juntendo University in Tokyo have decoded the DNA sequence of two antibiotic-resistant strains of the bacteria staphylococcus...
Some research projects have had to be stopped and others have been set back by months by the discovery of a flaw in a 'gene chip' known as GeneChip Murine Genome U74 Set, made by Affymetrix, California. The chip contains thousands of known sequences of DNA which act as probes...
The publication of the first draft of the human genome sequence has been clouded by the ongoing dispute over data access. The disagreements between the public consortium and biotech firm Celera Genomics led to the publication of two different versions of the genome in rival journals, Science and Nature, last...
US company Celera Genomics is to share a $58m (£40m) grant with the Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, to read the entire DNA sequence of the rat. Data from the rat genome project, which is being funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), will be released weekly into...
US company Celera Genomics is to publish its version of the entire human genetic code in Science early next year, after being granted special data access arrangements by the journal. The firm will not put all its raw data into the public database GenBank, as is normally required by journals...
Scientists in China and Denmark have formed a consortium to sequence the entire pig genome, reports last week's Science. The partners hope the project - the first of its kind to tackle livestock - will benefit pig-breeding industries in both countries. The information would also help xenotransplantation researchers - the potential use of...
The leaders of the Human Genome Project met in Paris last week to discuss strategies for finishing off the 'rough draft' of the human genome sequence completed in June, reports last week's Nature. Only 25 per cent of the DNA sequence that makes up the human genetic information is currently...
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