US scientists decode human chromosome 16
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Scientists with the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI) have finished sequencing and analyzing human chromosome 16, a JGI press release said Wednesday.
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Two US scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for their pioneering work in genetics.
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Scientists have decoded the complete sequence of all DNA in the bacterium responsible for potentially deadly Legionnaires' disease.
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Human therapeutic cloning has moved a big step closer after US researchers said they had successfully created embyonic stem cells from monkey embryos.
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U.S. scientists say they've devised a new microchip system that can speedily separate and sort biomolecules such as proteins.
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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.
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Scientists identify a gene fault linked the development of lung cancers.
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German scientists have narrowed the search for the tiny genetic differences separating humans from other primates to a specific collection of 22 genes.
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Work by US scientists could lead to a non-invasive test to detect genetic abnormalities in the womb.
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A recent study initiated by drug manufacturing company DeCode Genetics of Reykjavik, has come up with startling results. The report was published in âPloS Medicineâ, the on-line journal.
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J. Craig Venter, one of the driving forces behind the decoding of the human genome, takes your questions about his life, research and new book, "A Life Decoded."
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The secret messages hidden in scientist J. Craig Venterâs synthetic bacterial genome have now been revealed.
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Researchers in Iceland have discovered a region in the human genome that, among Europeans, appears to promote fertility, and maybe longevity as well.
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Armed with the DNA of an entire nation, deCode Genetics is shaving years off the drug discovery process.
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Interactive, detailed maps of the human brain and genome will spur new discoveries.
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US scientists have unraveled the genetic map of a microscopic algae that absorbs huge amounts of greenhouse gases. âThese organisms are incredibly important in the global carbon cycle,â said Virginia Armbrust
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A new and perhaps final report from the international consortium of laboratories that decoded the human genome has revised the estimated number of human genes sharply downward.