Researchers unlock genetic code of tree
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Researchers have deciphered for the first time the genetic code of a tree, which could lead to new varieties better at producing wood, paper and fuel.
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Scientists say they have found a safer way of controlling genes to treat disease.
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Scientists reconstruct part of the genetic code of a 75-million-year-old mammal ancestor.
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Researchers say a new programme could help create a DNA database of all life on Earth, ever.
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US biologists hope to make super-strong materials after identifying the genes behind the black widow spider's silk.
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Researchers at a national science laboratory in south-central Washington have found a way to achieve in days what takes Mother Nature millions of years &#151; converting wood to mineral.
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Wired Science reveals the secret messages encoded into the world's first manmade bacterial genome by the scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute.
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Neuroscientists use coral and jellyfish DNA to create colorful arrays of neuronal connections in mouse brains.
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Researchers say they have created the entire genome of a bacterium by stitching together its chemical components.
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Meet five people whose breakthroughs make the progress of science real. Chosen from hundreds of applicants to Apple&#146;s Bioinformatics Award Program, they are shaping our health and our world through their research in biotechnology &#151; and the help of Apple&#146;s Workgroup Cluster for Bioinformatics. [Sep 2]
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A group of researchers has re-created with remarkable accuracy part of the genome of the common ancestor of all placental mammals, a small shrew-like creature that prowled the forests of what is now Asia more than 80 million years ago.
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Scientists have used computer analysis to read evolution backward and reconstruct a large part of the genome of an 80-million-year-old mammal.
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A genetically engineered cotton plant with lower levels of a harmful chemical in its seeds could create a rich source of protein for people in the developing world.
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Scientists say they have made a major step toward creating synthetic forms of life.
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By Van Damme, Els J M Culerrier, Raphael; Barre, Annick; Alvarez, Richard; Et al  A lectin has been identified in black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) bark that shares approximately 50% sequence identity with plant class V chitinases but is essentially devoid of chitinase activity.
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Scientists release a first draft of the bovine genome - a run through of the genetic code that describes a cow.
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The first detailed map of a man's  genes shows the genetic code is even more complex than anyone  thought. For instance, science still cannot pinpoint what makes  a person's eyes blue.