New technology developed for the large-scale editing of DNA
Posted by admin in Future, Science on 15. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
While scientists have long had the ability to edit individual genes, it is a slow, expensive and hard to use process. Now researchers at Harvard and MIT have developed technologies, which they liken to the genetic equivalent of the find-and-replace function of a word processing program, that allow them to make large-scale edits to a [...]
Next Year, Give Your Valentine Custom-Engineered Flowers With Bespoke Scents
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 14. Feb, 2010 | 0 Comments
A root-beer bouquet, anyone? Sweet Smelling Flowers David Clark, a researcher at the University of Florida, specializes in engineering aromas for flowers and other plants. University of Florida Future guys and gals looking for a sweet-smelling bouquet for Valentine’s Day might consider the root-beer-scented variety. Or they could opt for a fouler odor, if [...]
First Early Human Genome Sequenced
Posted by admin in Science on 11. Feb, 2010 | 0 Comments
Scientists have sequenced the genome of an ancient human for the first time. An international team extracted DNA from 4,000-year-old hair found in Greenland’s permafrost. They were able to sequence an impressive 79 percent of the genetic material and shared a thing or two about this ancient Homo sapiens in this week’s issue of the [...]
