Thursday, July 17th, 2008
The New York Times reports on a "genetic variation that once protected people in sub-Saharan Africa from a now extinct form of malaria may have left them somewhat more vulnerable to infection by H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. The gene could account for 11 percent of the H.I.V. infections ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Francis Collins, the geneticist who led the US National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in Bethesda, Maryland, through the completion of the Human Genome Project has announced that he will be stepping down from his position on August 1, 2008.
In the 90s, Collins led the challenge against Craig Venter’s venture ...
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