But she is now using genetic science as a preventative weapon.
Drug companies are moving toward using genetic science to select patients early on in the trial process who are likely to benefit from so-called personalized medicines.
Those behind the project were inspired by the way that the sharing of information gleaned by the Human Genome project has spurred the acceleration of genetic science.
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Some biomedical scientists are saying that the science of genetic testing is too new to offer directly to consumers.
Will this not lead down a slippery slope to genetic segregation of the sort depicted in the genetic dystopias beloved of science-fiction?
The genetic modifications of the science fiction world are perhaps decades away for most but for a few hundred people in the world today suffering with LDL deficiency, it is a reality right around the corner.
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One solution, proposed by Matt Ridley, a British commentator on the social consequences of genetic knowledge (and former science editor of The Economist), might be the creation of medical-treatment funds, similar to pension funds.
Today, researchers reported in Science that more precise genetic tests are narrowing the possible sources from which the bacteria could have come.
Decent governance, rule of law and a willingness to employ science, such as genetic engineering, to conduct agriculture under stressed conditions (here the European Union is complicit in Luddite folly) could foster a breadbasket.
The US researchers, reported Science magazine, used genetic modification techniques to knock out a mouse gene which is responsible for keeping the immune system in check so that it does not launch attacks on itself.
Some of the fringe activist groups opposed to genetic engineering have an anti-science, anti-technology, anti-business agenda, but given the environmental advantages of Roundup-ready seeds it's puzzling that a group like the Sierra Club, one of the co-plaintiffs in the alfalfa and sugar beet litigation, is working so hard to keep the seeds off the market.
The breakthrough, described in the journal Science, is based on 150 genetic "signposts" found in exceptionally long-lived people.
My most frequent topics include genetic engineering, pharmaceutical development, and the debunking of junk science.
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Thanks to advances in chromosomal technology, science types are unlocking many of the mysteries of our genetic makeup.
"I think we're close to the point where, instead of a dietitian saying, 'Eat less fat, eat more fruits and vegetables, ' they could figure out what foods you do or don't like with a survey or genetic test, " says John Hayes, a professor of food science at Penn State and lead author of a 2010 study showing supertasters' preference for salt.
One worry is that the new science of synthetic biology, the souped-up form of genetic engineering that involves radically modifying organisms or even someday designing them from scratch, is both more promising and more dangerous that the technology that has been around for two decades and gave birth to Amgen, Genencor, and Monsanto.
One worry is that the new science of synthetic biology, the souped-up form of genetic engineering that involves radically modifying organisms or even someday designing them from scratch, is both more promising and more dangerous that the technology that has been around for two decades and gave birth to Amgen (nasdaq: AMGN - news - people ), Genencor, and Monsanto (nyse: MON - news - people ).
My most frequent topics include genetic engineering, pharmaceutical development, and the debunking of various manifestions of junk science.
He thinks genetic modification of this humble crop, so far from the world of advanced science, will provide the most comprehensive defence and be the best way to boost yields.
It is still the most successful pairing of a medicine and a genetic test, and is frequently used as an example of how the budding science of genomics could herald new ways of fighting cancer.
What has struck many isn't her use of science but her use of art to illustrate obscure research known as "genetic surveillance, " the technique isn't new but it remains unknown to many.
Mr Mawer has fused pure story-telling with complex genetic theory to produce a fable that is accurate and readable a mature marriage of science and fiction in which scientists are no longer Frankensteins, Strangeloves or nerds.
The potential applications for medical science are impressive enough, but consider this additional benefit: since the droplets contain no genetic material, scientists can completely sidestep all the ethical red tape surrounding the alternative stem cell approach to artificial tissue.
Science has not homed in on a single cause for homosexuality, but research has found various genetic associations in males.
Mr. Wilbanks, who recently left Science Commons, created a standard consent document that will allow people to agree to let their genetic data be studied by anyone who is interested as long as the investigator shares the results.
Having genetic information could motivate consumers to be more proactive about their health, but these results, based on incomplete science, may give too many false positives or ambiguous information, said Offit, who was a senior author of a report on genetic testing for the America Society of Clinical Oncology.
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For the first time, an organism whose genetic code was created on a computer is multiplying in a lab, researchers reported on the website of the journal Science.
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