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(Reuters) - A $10 million contest to see which laboratory can accurately and economically sequence 100 human genomes has been tweaked to focus on the genetics of people over the age of 100.The competition, now sponsored by drug benefit manager Medco Health ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have mapped out the entire genetic map of the Black Death, a 14th century bubonic plague that killed 50 million Europeans in one of the most devastating epidemics in history.The work, which involved extracting and purifying DNA from ...

Bangalore (Reuters) - Companies that make the gene-sequencing devices used in scientific research face a tough few years as potential cuts to the U.S. federal budget squeeze funding to its main academic and research customers.As the high cost of sequencing deters commercial ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - When Noah and Alexis Beery were diagnosed with cerebral palsy nearly 13 years ago, the diagnosis never sat right with the twins' mother, Retta Beery.Her lengthy search for the true cause of her children's strange collection of symptoms finally ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The E. coli epidemic in Europe is caused by a new, highly infectious and toxic strain of bacteria that carries genes giving it resistance to a few classes of antibiotics, Chinese scientists who analyzed the organism said.The scientists ...

Genome-sequencing is getting cheaper and faster, and can eliminate the guesswork in treating cancer by offering personalized clues on how to best attack tumors, US doctors said on Tuesday.The human genome was first sequenced in 2003, followed by the first cancer tumor ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Genetics is still the hottest area of scientific research, a decade on from the mapping of the human genome, despite slow progress in translating discoveries into new medical treatments.A Thomson Reuters Science Watch survey found seven of the top ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists should dial down expectations about breakthroughs from mapping the human genome because it will take years to make sense of all the information, a leader of the mapping project says.Ten years after the first full sequence of the ...

A tiny, translucent water flea that can reproduce without sex and lives in ponds and lakes has more genes than any other creature, said scientists who have sequenced the crustacean's genome.Daphnia pulex, named after the nymph in Greek mythology who transforms into ...

Massive die-offs among Canada's wild sockeye salmon could be due to a genetic flaw that causes immune weakness and could make viruses lethal, researchers said Thursday.Between 40 and 95 percent of the adult sockeye population has died in recent years, delivering a ...

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Topic: Genomics

Gene sequencing X Prize to focus on centenarians

Scientists crack Black Death's genetic code

Analysis: Gene sequencers face govt budget squeeze

Genome study solves twins' mystery illness

E.coli outbreak in Europe caused by new toxic strain

Faster, cheaper genome advances propel cancer care

Genetics is "Top of the Pops" in science research

Don't expect genome breakthroughs yet, expert says

Tiny water flea has more genes than you

Gene-flaw, virus could be killing Pacific salmon

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