The Nobel Prize in Medicine 2012: geneticists honored
After rewarding Watson and Crick discovery of DNA in 1962, the work of Barbara McClintock in 1983, the identification of the human genome in 2002, stem cells in 2007, and…
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White spruce in the sights of researchers
An excellent article has just been published in the September issue of the Evolutionary Applications journal. The article demonstrates the absence of effects of genetic selection on white spruce even…
10 percent of aortic valve disease explained by genes discovery
Researchers at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and University of Montreal have identified genetic origins in 10% of an important form of congenital heart diseases by studying the genetic variability…
Genetic make-up of children explains how they fight malaria infection
Researchers from Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and University of Montreal have identified several novel genes that make some children more efficient than others in the way their immune system responds…
Genetic discovery in Montreal for a rare disease in Newfoundland
Researchers from the Guy Rouleau Laboratory affiliated with the CHUM Research Centre and the CHU–Sainte-Justine Research Centre have discovered the genetic cause of a rare disease reported only in patients…
ENCODE: Your DNA as you've never imagined
DNA is much more complex than researchers had believed it in the early 2000s. Since 2003, some 450 researchers from more than thirty laboratories based in different countries (mainly USA,…
GenoRem at the 9th International Phyto Society Conference
Michel Labrecque and Al. will present the GenoRem project : Environmental genomics of willows and microorganisms applied to the decontamination of abandoned industrial sites, at the 9th International Phyto Society…
Genome Brings Ancient Girl to Life
In a stunning technical feat, an international team of scientists has sequenced the genome of an archaic Siberian girl 31 times over, using a new method that amplifies single strands…
Vitamin B12 deficiency: tracking the genetic causes
Vitamin B12 is essential to human health. However, some people have inherited conditions that leave them unable to process vitamin B12. As a result they are prone to serious health…
How timber detectives use DNA tests to track the trade in stolen wood
Call it CSI: Singapore. But unlike the Crime Scene Investigators from the popular TV series, these detectives are hired to look for evidence of rogue wood from stores increasingly worried…