LiveScience.com - Mapping the connections among brain cells could someday prove as
revolutionary as mapping the human genome. But tracing each synaptic
connection between neurons - essentially a manual effort so far - has
proven painstakingly slow. To approach a thorough mapping, researchers
will have to develop a computer-automated process.
AFP - Green members of the European parliament stood en masse and held up placards Tuesday in protest against the EU Commission approval of the cultivation of genetically modified potatoes.
LiveScience.com - Some moms might pass more than genetics to their newborns.
Doctors found three babies born to women with hip implants had high levels of
chromium and cobalt in their umbilical cord blood - metals that had worn off
the implants.
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors need to do a better job of
explaining genomic test results to breast cancer patients, say U.S.
researchers.
Reuters - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG and U.S. biotechnology company Biogen Idec are suspending experimental rheumatoid arthritis and lupus treatment ocrelizumab after deaths following its use, casting doubt over its future.
Reuters - Can't lose weight on a low-fat diet? Maybe you need to cut carbs instead, and a new genetic test may point the way, maker Interleukin Genetics Inc reported on Wednesday.
Reuters - A test that looks for specific patterns of genes that are switched on may lead to a better way of diagnosing dangerous yeast infections in the blood, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
AFP - European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek said on Wednesday he was against genetically-modified foods but said they were an unavoidable part of the future.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- There may be an association
between alcoholism and a cluster of genes on chromosome 11, according to
researchers who analyzed the genomes of nearly 1,900 white and black
Americans.
AFP - The European Commission on Tuesday approved the cultivation of genetically-modified potatoes, prompting an angry response from environmental campaign groups and two EU member governments.
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AFP - Green members of the European parliament stood en masse and held up placards Tuesday in protest against the EU Commission approval of the cultivation of genetically modified potatoes.
AFP - European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek said on Wednesday he was against genetically-modified foods but said they were an unavoidable part of the future.
