Melon genome obtained
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Ainhoa GoniA consortium of nine research centres has obtained the melon genome, a horticultural specie with high economic value around the world.
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DNA sequenced for parrot's ability to parrot
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Ashley YeagerScientists say they have assembled more completely the string of genetic letters that could control how well parrots learn to imitate their owners and other sounds.
Newly discovered dinosaur implies greater prevalence of feathers
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Kendra SnyderA new species of feathered dinosaur discovered in southern Germany is further changing the perception of how predatory dinosaurs looked.
Revolutionary 'DNA Tracking Chamber' Could Detect Dark Matter
• technologyreview.com, Ref: arxiv.org/abs/1206.6809An unlikely group of physicists and biologists plan to build a dark matter detector out of DNA that will outperform anything available today
Human Yawns Unleash Dog Yawns
• http://www.livescience.com, Jennifer WelshDogs catch yawns from their sound alone, new research indicates.
An error-eliminating fix overcomes big problem in '3rd-gen' genome sequencing
• http://news.bio-medicine.org, Peter TarrCold Spring Harbor, NY The next "next-gen" technology in genome sequencing has gotten a major boost.
Beyond base pairs: Regulatory sequences of mouse genome sequenced for first time
• http://phys.org, byUniversity of CaliforniaPopularly dubbed "the book of life," the human genome is extraordinarily difficult to read. But without full knowledge of its grammar and syntax, the genome's 2.9 billion base-pairs of adenine and thymine, cytosine and guanine provide limited insight
World's first GM babies born
• Daily MailThirty genetically modified babies were born contained DNA from three parents. It is believed genetic modification can be used to create certain superior characteristics, but some say it is messing with nature.
Octopus Hitches Ride on Dolphin's Genitals
• http://www.livescience.com, Stephanie PappasAn octopus got the joyride of its life last week when it somehow became stuck on the belly of a bottlenose dolphin in the Ionian Sea. More specifically, the tentacled sea creature had a seat on the dolphin's genital slit.
Living Brain Image Wins Photography Prize
• http://www.livescience.com, Stephanie PappasBright-red blood vessels and thick purple veins meander across the surface of a living human brain in the winning image in this year's Wellcome Image Awards contest.
Genome-wide analysis shows previously undetected abnormalities in parents of affected children
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Mary RiceThe use of genome-wide array analysis[1] in parents whose children are suspected of having a genetic disease shows that the parents frequently also have previously undetected genetic abnormalities...
Invasive species from Fukushima tsunami washing up on U.S. shores
• http://www.naturalnews.com, J. D. HeyesJapan's tsunami-caused nuclear disaster at the Fukushima energy complex in March 2011, in which three atomic reactors were heavily damaged, continues to wreak havoc on ecosystems - in the U.S.
Primitive Eye, Tiny Liver Grown in the Lab
• http://www.livescience.com, Natalie WolchoverJapanese scientists claim to have coaxed stem cells to develop into a rudimentary human liver, replete with working blood vessels and the ability to metabolize. At the same time, another group in Japan reports the growth from stem cells of a precurso
New Prenatal Blood Tests Can Identify Paternity of an Eight-Week Fetus
• http://www.popsci.com, By Clay DillowAn interesting story in the New York Times today explores the ease with which noninvasive prenatal diagnostics can now determine paternity, even when the pregnancy is only eight or nine weeks old.
Octopus Hitches Ride on Dolphin's Genitals
• http://www.livescience.com, Stephanie PappasAn octopus got the joyride of its life last week when it somehow became stuck on the belly of a bottlenose dolphin in the Ionian Sea. More specifically, the tentacled sea creature had a seat on the dolphin's genital slit.
Baa, Baa Mama! Goats Remember Their Babies' Cries
• http://www.livescience.com, Stephanie PappasDon't underestimate the emotional lives of farm animals. According to new research, mama goats recall their babies' bleats at least a year after mother and kid are separated.
Preserved frogs hold clues to deadly pathogen
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, David DeFuscoNew Haven, Conn.A Yale graduate student has developed a novel means for charting the history of a pathogen deadly to amphibians worldwide.
Out of the mouths of primates, facial mechanics of human speech may have evolved
• http://phys.org, by Princeton UniversityThe throat and facial movements that twist the air pushing through your vocal cords into words could be rooted in the well-meaning expressions primates exchange with each other, according to two recent studies based at Princeton University.
Fidelity Investments Funding ‘Synthetic Biology’ Takeover of Life
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Aaron DykesLab-created artificial species will outnumber natural life 50-to-1, financial firm claims
Americans' Creationist Views on Human Origins
• http://www.livescience.com, by Ross ToroDespite new discoveries in biological and social science, there has been virtually no change in Americans' views of the origin of the human species.
Ptooey!
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Lee SiegelIn Israel's Negev Desert, a plant called sweet mignonette or taily weed uses a toxic "mustard oil bomb" to make the spiny mouse spit out the plant's seeds when eating the fruit.
Control gene for 'conveyor belt' cells could help improve oral vaccines, treat intestinal di
• http://medicalxpress.com, byEmory UniversityScientists have found a master regulator gene needed for the development of M cells, a mysterious type of intestinal cell involved in initiating immune responses.
Lariats: How RNA splicing decisions are made
• http://phys.org, byBrown UniversityLariats are discarded byproducts of RNA splicing, the process by which genetic instructions for making proteins are assembled. A new study has found hundreds more lariats than ever before, yielding new information about how splicing occurs and how it
genome compiler - DEMOCRATIZING CREATION - create your own life forms
• TWIT.TVCreating tools that enable the design and creation of useful LIVING things, and more.
‘Sexual depravity’ of penguins that Antarctic scientist dared not reveal
• RawstoryIt was the sight of a young male Adelie penguin attempting to have sex with a dead female that particularly unnerved George Murray Levick, a scientist with the 1910-13 Scott Antarctic Expedition. No such observation had ever been recorded before, as
How to grow your own Sneaker - Bio customized shoe patterns
• you tubeRaymond Ong remixes the beauty & variety of nature into something nature could not have imagined: customized sneakers from genetically programmed stingray leather.
Meet the crafty spider that rolls like a wheel to escape predators (VIDEO)
• The SideshowThe Golden Wheel spider (Carparachne aureoflava) is the real deal and a marvel to behold. The desert spider has an incredibly rare method of escape: It curls its body into a wheel shape and rolls away at rapid speeds.
The cell's 'New World'
• http://www.bio-medicine.org,Sonia Furtado Neveswhen scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, set out to find enzymes the proteins that carry out chemical reactions inside cells that bind to RNA, they too found more than they expected
From yeast, researchers learn how populations collapse
• http://phys.org, by Anne TraftonIn the early 1990s, overfishing led to the collapse of one of the most bountiful cod fisheries in the world, off the coast of Newfoundland. Twenty years later, the cod population still has not recovered, dramatically affecting the economic life of th
New report examines effects of trees killed by bark beetles on wildfire
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Sherri EngA recent report analyzing a range of published studies on the impact of bark beetles on trees in the U.S. and Canada provides a more complete picture of the effect of this destructive insect on wildfires.
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