28 Oct 08 The Personal Genome Project Hits the Web
Ian Lamont writes "The Personal Genome Project has released the data sets and descriptions of traits, ethnic background and other information of the first ten volunteers, which include the project director and nine other people with backgrounds in genetics, medicine, and biotechnology. While the human genome was first sequenced at the beginning of this decade, what's special about this project is these 10 participants are having their names, genome, and other personal data gleaned from questionnaires shared openly on the Web, where interested researchers can freely access them. One of the ultimate aims of the project is to create a public database of 100,000 volunteers that researchers and other parties can use to determine what traits, diseases or other characteristics are associated with specific genetic markers. When asked why volunteers are requested to attach their names to the Web records, the project director said the data could be used by researchers in other fields outside of genetics, including forensic science and historical research. While this project opens the door for some interesting and potentially life-saving research, there may also be difficulties or problems for people whose records are posted on the Web. Would you participate? Would you share your name, along with your genome, disease history, and traits? Why or why not?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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24 Jan 10 Clear your clogged arteries with nanoburrs
U.S. lead researchers from MIT and Harvard University have developed nanoparticles called nanoburrs that attach to damaged arteries and release medicine to open clogged arteries and repair injured ones. The...Tagi: clogged arteries, harvard university, medicine
06 Oct 10 2010 Nobel in Medicine awarded for in vitro ferilization
The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on Monday, October 4, 2010, to Robert G. Edwards "for the development of in vitro fertilization". Dr. Edwards is considered the father of the test tube baby.
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