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  • What does DNA mean to you? #14

    Andrew Yates of Think Gene is feeling blunt today as he tells us what DNA means to him. Nothing. My background is computer science, so to me, DNA is the object code of life. Unlike human-designed languages, DNA is entirely unbounded by intelligibility or elegance —only function. So we are looking...
    Posted to General Science by Anonymous on 07-16-2008

  • Breakthrough: Scientists Encode Genome

    From MSNBC: Scientists encode [sic] first woman’s genome: Project allows scientists to compare DNA of men and women Wow! They’ve encoded an entire genome! NOT. Usually, the reference is to a genome being decoded although there is debate surrounding the use of that terminology as well. RPM...
    Posted to General Science by Anonymous on 05-29-2008

  • What $2500 Can Buy in DNA Services

    Genetic testing continues to get cheaper but not to the extent where everyone can afford every DNA service they have their heart set on. But that’s life, isn’t it? My mom used to equate everything with the cost of pizzas as in “this pair of shoes could get you three large pizzas!”...
    Posted to General Science by Anonymous on 04-09-2008

  • More on Collecting DNA from Children for National DNA Databases

    Sara Gaines at Guardian’s Joe Public blog has outed me as a bully in a discussion about children’s DNA in the UK national database. There’s also more from Evan Maloney at the Splat! Blog who coins the word “DNAed” for someone whose DNA is being collected: Personally I’m...
    Posted to General Science by Anonymous on 03-20-2008

  • Wellcome Image Awards: Gene Expression Analysis

    This image won a 2008 Wellcome Image Award which recognizes scientists who’ve created “stunning and beautiful images.” Visualisation of large-scale gene expression studies, such as those carried out using DNA chip systems, to form a clustered gene expression network. Each dot represents...
    Posted to General Science by Anonymous on 03-13-2008
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