Nicholas Negroponte has described Bio-Tech as the next big Innovation wave in an interview this time with Think Big. Earlier this year at TED 2014 in Vancouver, Negroponte reflected on …
The human & dog genome project leads to identification of epilepsy gene
A BBC article, which references a Science Magazine journal, comments on how a faulty gene in dogs has been identified as that which causes epilepsy in dogs. The identified gene …
Stuart Kaufman on Autonomous Agents
There is an really interesting article by Stuart Kaufman in Edge.org which looks at autonomous agents as being able to both reproduce itself and do at least one extra work …
The Gene Ontology Consortium
The Gene Ontology (GO) project is a collaborative effort to address the need for consistent descriptions of gene products in different databases. The Gene Ontology Consortium‘s aim is to produce …
The world’s first cloned horse is born
New Scientist reports that the first cloned horse is born. Although genetically engineered horses are currently banned against competing in horse racing, some are speculating that soon the rules might …
The Genome of the SARS virus
Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Science Centre have released a copy of the SARS Genome for you to download and look at. There are also several interesting links to SARS related …
Brain region affects our attraction to beautiful people
An interesting article in New Scientist, on the discovery of a region of the brain called the ventral striatum, which affects our attraction to beautiful people. www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991412
The combat against biological warfare
Interesting article on the combat against biological warfare, as state-of-the-art UK laboratory produces tens of thousands of doses of anthrax vaccine. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health