The order of the chemical units (bases) along a piece of DNA or RNA.
The head of the Max Delbruck Centre for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany and the president of Germany's main science funding agency have expressed concern over the awarding of broad patents on gene sequences. Detlev Ganten and Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker are urging Wolf-Michael Catenhausen, the secretary of state for research, to explore...
Wouldn't it have been hilarious if some plucky journalist had asked Tony Blair or Bill Clinton to substantiate their hyperbolic exclamations about the first draft of the human genome? 'Could you explain why, Tony, you think that this is more important than antibiotics?' The stuttering and stammering would have been...
Following the unveiling of the first draft of the human genome sequence last week, the newly formed UK Human Genetics Commission (HGC) has announced its workload for 2000-2001. The body, set up to advise the government on new developments in genetics, will initially focus on issues surrounding the storage...
A rough draft of the entire human genetic code was unveiled today, hailed as 'Biology's Apollo landing', 'the outstanding achievement of human history' and even as 'the language in which God created Life' (Bill Clinton). Does the first proof of our DNA dictionary really deserve such hyperbole? After all, even...
The first 'rough draft' of the entire human genome sequence is complete, UK and US scientists announced today. The achievement is being hailed as one of the most significant scientific milestones of all time, comparable with the moon landing or the splitting of the atom. UK Prime Minister Tony Blair...
Shares in Celera Genomics and other genomics firms have been rising steadily in anticipation of the announcement of the first complete draft of the entire human genome sequence. Shares in Celera, which closed at $125 last Friday, had plummeted to $70 in March. The drop came after a joint statement...
The public and private groups sequencing the human genome may agree to publish their data at the same time, if negotiations currently underway are successful. But issues over access to the published data, publishing dates and credits remain, according to reports in the US media last week. The Los Angeles...
If you'd asked a non-scientist a year ago what they thought about the Human Genome Project you would most probably have got a pretty blank expression in reply. Now, your average newspaper reader could probably tell you what the Human Genome Project is, who the major players are and when...
Professor Allan Bradley will replace John Sulston as head of the Sanger Centre this October, the Wellcome Trust announced last week. The Cambridgeshire laboratories have been responsible for a third of the worldwide project to sequence the entire human genome, now entering its final phase. Bradley's appointment will see a...
As the first draft of the entire human genetic code nears completion, speculation is increasing over the total number of genes in the human genome. Some delegates at the Cold Spring Harbour (CSH) genome meeting in the USA last week even started a sweep stake, taking bets at $1 a...
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