Stanford scientists scan 2,500-year-old mummy Aug 21, 2009
Six years ago, hundreds of researchers at the Human Genome Project completed the same task for $300 million. It took 13 years. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
New NIH chief: Turn science into better care Aug 18, 2009
The NIH is the nation's premiere medical research agency, and until last year Collins had spent 15 years there ultimately leading the Human Genome Project that, along with a competing private company, mapped the genetic code. Remarkably for Washington, Collins' team was ahead of schedule and under budget. (MSNBC -- Health)
NIH chief Collins says he has no religious agenda Aug 18, 2009
Collins is known for finding common ground between belief in God and science, without letting his faith influence his 15 years of research at the NIH. He led the Human Genome Project that, along with a competing private company, mapped the genetic code that he famously called the book of human life. Remarkably for Washington, Collins s team was ahead of schedule and under budget. (Boston Globe)
Scientists Take Early Steps Toward Mapping Epigenetic Variability Aug 18, 2009
Mapping the human epigenome, similar to the human genome project in the 1990s, could someday allow for quicker and more precise disease diagnoses and more targeted treatments of many chronic ailments ... Scientists globally have begun working on a Human Epigenome Project in a bid to compile detailed data documenting, within a person, the epigenetic changes in different types of cells and tissues, something that will complement the already-completed Human Genome Project. (Science Daily)
Genetic code unravelled? Aug 11, 2009
The Human Genome Project, a consortium of public-sector scientists, spent $437-million and 13 years to complete the first sequencing of the genome, in 2003. It tied in a race against maverick biologist Craig Venter, who developed a fast-track sequencing method. (iAfrica.com)
Senate Confirms New NIH Director Aug 8, 2009
Collins led the Human Genome Project that, along with a competing private company, mapped the genetic code _ or, as he famously called it, "the book of human life." He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award, but may be more widely known for his 2007 best-selling book, "The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief.". "Dr. Collins is one of our generation's great scientific leaders," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a... (Newsmax)
Senate confirms Human Genome Project leader as new NIH director Aug 8, 2009
GQ/Wade Health Communications. Francis Collins plays the customized "double helix" guitar he received while director of National Human Genome Research Institute during GQ Magazine's "Rock Stars of Science" photo shoot in New York, posing in sunglasses as part of a publicity campaign to bring celebrity to science. (USA Today -- News)
Local students graduate from Troy (2) Aug 6, 2009
Byrne, who served as a member of the Alabama Senate and the State Board of Education, said there are many reasons for optimism in Alabama, such as the high-tech advances in the human genome project in Huntsville, the stable auto manufacturing industry in central Alabama and the resurgence in shipbuilding and the steel business in Mobile. Byrne was appointed by the Alabama State Board of Education in May 2007 as Chancellor of the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education to serve as the... (Brewton Standard, AL)
Newsweek: Should faith disqualify NIH nominee? Jul 31, 2009
On a blog, anthropologist Kenneth M. Weiss complained recently that as Human Genome Project director, Collins "directly or indirectly intimidated other NIH agencies to get into the genome game That did, and still does, co-opt funds that could be used for other things instead." The concern of some scientists, in other words, has nothing to do with religion. It's that his view of legitimate science doesn't extend to them. (MSNBC -- Politics)
The 15-Minute Genome: Faster, Cheaper Genome Sequencing On The Way Jul 30, 2009
A decade ago, it took Celera Genomics and the Human Genome Project years to sequence complete human genomes ... The method used in the Human Genome Project, Sanger sequencing, taps into the cell's natural machinery for replicating DNA. The enzyme DNA polymerase is used to copy strands of DNA, creating billions of fragments of varying length. (Science Daily)
Local teacher completes MSU tech training Jul 23, 2009
Focusing on the emerging fields of computational biology and human physiology modeling, the curriculum was developed by the NSF s Office of Experimental Programs to Stimulate Competitive Research and National Institutes of Health s Human Genome Project, said associate professor Giselle Thibaudeau, the MS-EPSCoR education/outreach coordinator. Teachers from acrosss the state apply (application form, resume, reference letter from principle) and 30 were selected each year, Thibaudeau said. (Forest Scott County Times, MS)
- From the Right: Obama’s excellent choice 0 Jul 19, 2009
As leader of the Human Genome Project, Dr. Collins led a team of more than 2,000 scientists from six countries. Together, he said, we determined all three billion letters of the human genome, our own DNA instruction book, and made all those data freely available on the Internet every 24 hours. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
The Sequence of Sequencing Jul 18, 2009
The original Human Genome Project cost $300 million and took more than a decade. But that project established a template that made every subsequent undertaking quicker. (Slate)
President Obama's Excellent Choice Jul 16, 2009
As leader of the Human Genome Project, Dr. Collins led a team of more than 2,000 scientists from six countries. "Together," he said, "we determined all three billion letters of the human genome, our own DNA instruction book, and made all those data freely available on the Internet every 24 hours. It is hard to get your mind around how much information this is. ... Suppose we decided to take a little time this morning to read the letters of the human genome together, just to express our awe at... (Townhall.com)
Newsweek opinion: We need more religious scientists Jul 15, 2009
As soon as Francis Collins, an evangelical Christian geneticist who headed up the pioneering Human Genome Project during the 1990s, was floated as the possible new director of the National Institutes of Healthhe was officially named to the post on Wednesdaythe criticisms began flying. Evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne of the University of Chicago, for one, said Collins is too public with his faith. (MSNBC -- Environment)
AACR applauds nomination of Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., to be the new NIH director Jul 10, 2009
"His leadership of the National Human Genome Research Institute and the Human Genome Project has demonstrated his talent for identifying new areas of investigation and his skill in guiding large-scale research endeavors. He has continued and extended this work through collaborations with scientists at the National Cancer Institute on The Cancer Genome Atlas, an effort to understand the genetic basis of the many diseases we call cancer. "Dr. Collins' vision and leadership will be critical in... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Obama's new NIH chief links God, science Jul 9, 2009
The folksy Collins led the Human Genome Project that, along with a competing private company, mapped the genetic code or, as he famously called it, "the book of human life.". "It is humbling for me, and awe-inspiring, to realize that we have caught the first glimpse of our own instruction book, previously known only to God," he said at a 2000 White House ceremony marking release of the genome's first draft. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Gene research pioneer to head NIH Jul 9, 2009
The folksy Collins led the Human Genome Project, which, along with a competing private company, mapped the genetic code - or, as he famously called it, the book of human life. It is humbling for me, and awe-inspiring, to realize that we have caught the first glimpse of our own instruction book, previously known only to God, Collins said at a 2000 White House ceremony marking release of the genome s first draft. (Boston Globe)
Researcher turns his baby into CCTV star in the name of science Jul 2, 2009
"Just as the Human Genome Project illuminates the innate genetic code that shapes us, the Speechome Project is an important first step toward creating a map of how the environment shapes human development and learning," said Frank Moss, the director of MIT's Media Lab at the time. Professor Pinker, who is also an adviser to the project, said: "In developmental psychology there has long been a trade-off between gathering lots of data from a small number of children, or a small amount of data from... (BBC News)
U.S. eugenics legacy: Ruling on Buck sterilization still stands Jun 24, 2009
He is working on a book titled 100 Years of Eugenics: From the Indiana Experiment to the Human Genome Project. FAITH & REASON. (USA Today -- News)
Proteomics: Finding The Key Ingredients Of Disease May 27, 2009
The goal of proteomics is to characterise all the proteins that are encoded from human DNA, similar to how all genes were identified as a result of the Human Genome Project. It is expected that proteomics will accelerate the identification of cause of many human diseases and that improved diagnosis and therapy will emerge using proteomic techniques. (Science Daily)
* DIY sleuthing May 19, 2009
She has the attention of George Church, a Harvard Medical School genetics professor who was a pioneer of the Human Genome Project and a co-founder of Codon Devices, and who is now leading an effort to sequence the DNA of 100,000 people. Aull is one of his former students. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Unravelling the process May 16, 2009
At that point, in 2003, there was already the human genome project ... The human genome project cost US$2bil ... And it would have taken years, using the same technology used in the human genome project. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Looking at the bigger picture May 16, 2009
According to a website for the Human Genome Project, which was co-ordinated by the US Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health, the difference between draft sequence and finished sequence is the depth of coverage. Additional sequencing was done to close gaps, reduce ambiguities and limit errors to a specified standard. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
How human genes become patented May 14, 2009
However, now that all 20,000 to 25,000 human genes have been mapped and sequenced through the Human Genome Project, they are in the public domain, meaning they would no longer be considered "new" for the purposes of patents, said Lee Silver, professor of molecular biology and public policy at Princeton University. Now, patents on human genes must specify a new use, such as a diagnostic test. (CNN -- Health)
Are Mexicans genetically susceptible to H1N1 virus? May 12, 2009
The Human Genome Project, a global effort that identified all the genes in human chromosomes, found that any two individuals' genomes are 99% identical. Compared with the world's three main "ancestral" populations Caucasian, African and Asian the Mestizos had significant genetic differences, researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (USA Today)
Science, faith can evolve May 10, 2009
He is the physician-geneticist who led the Human Genome Project for the National Institutes of Health and is noted for his discoveries of disease genes. Alas, he came along about eight decades too late for Bryan. (Albany Times Union)
Researchers identify the gene responsible for a rare form of congenital anemia May 9, 2009
Thanks to the new technologies developed by the Human Genome Project, the AMGGI's molecular analysis team succeeded in delimiting a genomic region likely to contain the gene responsible for congenital sideroblastic anemia in these families. The direct resequencing of this gene made it possible to identify a causal mutation in a gene to which no physiological role could have been attributed. (EurekAlert!)
This year in speakers: From politics to comedy May 4, 2009
Waterston along with a fellow researcher decoded the genetic sequence of the C. elegans, marking the first time scientists sequenced the DNA of a multi-cellular organism and laying the path for the Human Genome Project. Watson, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology Emerita in the College of Arts & Sciences, will receive a Doctorate of Humane Letters. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
Helping Christians Reconcile God With Science May 2, 2009
Biologist Francis S. Collins led the international Human Genome Project that in 2003 finished mapping the 3 ... A renowned geneticist and former director of the Human Genome Project, Collins is also an evangelical Christian who was the keynote speaker at the 2007 National Prayer Breakfast, and he has spent years establishing the compatibility between science and religious belief. (Time.com)
Indus Valley code is cracked - maybe Apr 30, 2009
DNA - first one million nucleotides in the human chromosome 2, obtained from the Human Genome Project. Protein - the entire collection of amino acid sequences from the Bacteria Escherichia Coli, more famous as E coli. (Asia Times Online)
Learning more about the human makeup Apr 30, 2009
Friday, April 24, the Algona High School biology classes celebrated DNA Day, commemorating the completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003, and the discovery of DNA's double helix ... For more information on the Human Genome Project visit www. (Algona Upper Des Moines, IA)
The Contradictions between the Creationist Movements Apr 29, 2009
I countered by pointing out that Francis Collins, former head of the Human Genome Project, is a born-again evangelical Christian who fully accepts. In his book The Language of God (Free Press, 2007), Collins describes ancient repetitive elements (AREs) in DNA that arise from jumping genes that copy and insert themselves in other locations in the genome, usually without any function. (Scientific American)
News Briefs | Apr. 27 Apr 28, 2009
His team completed the DNA sequence for the tiny worm known as C. elegans research which eventually led to the Human Genome Project. Patty Jo Watson is the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology Emerita in the College of Arts & Sciences. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
Genetic Risk Prediction — Are We There Yet? Apr 28, 2009
A major goal of the Human Genome Project was to facilitate the identification of inherited genetic variants that increase or decrease the risk of complex diseases. The completion of the International HapMap Project and the development of new methods for genotyping individual DNA samples at 500,000 or more loci have led to a wave of discoveries through genomewide association studies. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Obama to boost federal R&D spending Apr 28, 2009
com - Obama to boost federal Rding. Obama to boost federal Rding Google, Microsoft execs named to advisory body. (EETimes)
Cashing in on personalized medicine Apr 19, 2009
Building on the work of the Human Genome Project, an international scientific effort to create a roadmap to the genetic makeup of mankind, several U.S. biotech companies are preparing to roll out a new generation of sequencing machines that can quickly and affordably map the genetic makeup of an individual, opening new vistas in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Right now the state of the art on human sequencing is around 350,000 and three months, said Rich Carone of Korvis Automation, a... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
BIOTECH: Life Technologies, merged and growing Apr 19, 2009
By comparison, the Human Genome Project, completed nine years ago, created the first genome map for 3 billion. Determining a person's exact genetic makeup will identify any predispositions to diseases, and help doctors find what drugs will work best on that person, a field known as "personalized medicine.". (North County Times)
Genome Canada pulling out of stem-cell project Apr 5, 2009
Canada proposed the ambitious project and took the lead, bringing research groups from Europe, the United States, Britain, Australia and Singapore together to follow up the Human Genome Project. They are mapping how genes work as cells develop and become more specialized, turning into blood, bone or brain cells, or the other 250 kinds of human cells. (Globe and Mail)
Computer Program Self-Discovers Laws of Physics Apr 4, 2009
The Human Genome Project, for example, produced a dataset largely impervious to traditional analysis. The function of nearly every gene depends on the function of other genes, which depend on still more genes, which change with time and place. (Newsmax)
Local impact unclear after SGI goes bankrupt Apr 3, 2009
Customers include , Electronic Arts, Microsoft, nVidia, Oracle, Tellme Networks, University of Florida, UCSC Human Genome Project, Webex and Yahoo. Rackable posted a series of quarterly losses recently and also cancelled a 40 million stock repurchase plan. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
'Experimental Man' tests modern medicine Mar 29, 2009
The Human Genome Project, by the way, cost $2. 7 billion for the first one. (Boston Globe)
Genetic Clues Hold Key To Schizophrenia Treatment Mar 25, 2009
The research was based on existing data from the Human Genome Project, a pioneering study, which mapped all the genes in human DNA.. The team analysed variations of the DISC1 gene and found that it affects a number of other genes that current medications are designed to target. (Science Daily)
Custom Carbohydrates: New Field Of Medicine? Mar 23, 2009
First Automated Carbohydrate 'Assembly Line' Opens Door To New Field Of Medicine. First Automated Carbohydrate 'Assembly Line' Opens Door To New Field Of Medicine. (Science Daily)
First automated carbohydrate 'assembly line' opens door to new field of medicine Mar 23, 2009
If you look at the human genome project, or genomics and proteomics, sequencing and synthesis were always the key issues," says Seeberger. Seeberger saw firsthand the profound effect that automated DNA synthesizers had on genetics and biotechnology. His doctoral advisor, Marvin H. Caruthers, Ph.D., of the University of Colorado, helped develop the first model in 1980. "We hope that we have the same effect on carbohydrate research," says Seeberger. ### The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit... (EurekAlert!)
What's mine should be yours Mar 22, 2009
The story of Creative Commons, Wikipedia, open-source software, the Human Genome Project, and other heartening developments is told in journalist David Bollier's "Viral Spiral," a lively history of the "public knowledge" movement. The Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky warned the Western bourgeoisie that "you may not be interested in the Revolution, but the Revolution is interested in you." Likewise, you may not be interested in intellectual-property law, but intellectual-property law is interested... (Boston Globe)
Family's cancer legacy moves teen to ponder genetic testing Mar 22, 2009
More insurance companies are covering the $3,500 test that's an outgrowth of the Human Genome Project, which, completed in 2003, identified about 25,000 to 40,000 genes in our body. Through the manufacture of proteins for the cell, these genes govern how each cell among trillions of cells in our body behaves -- what its function is, how it divides, what its life span should be and, ultimately, when it dies and is replaced by new cells. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Gene 'has key schizophrenia role' Mar 21, 2009
The Edinburgh researchers analysed data generated by the Human Genome Project, set up to decode the complete genetic blueprint of humans. They showed DISC1 affects a number of other genes current medications are designed to target. (BBC News)
RNA: Master Regulator Of Motor Neuron Firing Discovered Mar 18, 2009
17, 2009) When the Human Genome Project was complete, DNA bowed out of the limelight and gave way to RNA as a major player in genetic regulation. Now, findings at Rockefeller University mirror this ideological shift, revealing that one of the most important physiological events in the body the wiring of motor neurons and muscles is regulated at the level of RNA.. (Science Daily)
UTSA dean listed among worlds leading Alzheimers researchers Mar 13, 2009
The administration has indicated advancements in Alzheimer s research are of significant importance, on a level with the Human Genome Project conducted in the Clinton years. Perry joined UTSA s faculty in 2006 after working as a professor of pathology and neurosciences at Case Western Reserve University. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Writer transforms into scientific experiment Mar 10, 2009
"What are we going to do with all this new science?" he asks, citing the Human Genome Project, a 13-year research effort to map human DNA, as one example. The voluminous data from that project, which was completed in 2003, is still being analyzed. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Harvard Scientists' Discovery Opens Door to Synthetic Life, New Products Mar 8, 2009
Researchers led by , whose findings helped spur the U.S. human genome project in the 1980s, have copied the part of a living cell that makes proteins, the building blocks of life. The finding overcomes a major roadblock in making synthetic self-replicating organisms, Church said today in a lecture at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Bloomberg -- US)
Search engines: Diving into the "Deep Web" Feb 24, 2009
Founded by Human Genome Project scientists, promises to search 99% of the hits that other search engines aren't capable of picking up. Other search engines typically return pages based on their popularity and how easy they are to find. (TG Daily)
Coleman Hood: God is independent from faith Feb 20, 2009
For anyone genuinely interested in additional scholarly food for thought on the subject of evolution, especially from the viewpoint of a Christian scientist, I highly recommend "The Language Of God," by Francis Collins, who headed of the Human Genome Project. Coleman Hood - Bishop. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Next gen sequencing technology pinpoint 'on-off switches' in genomes Feb 13, 2009
"From the Human Genome Project we have a good idea where in the genome the protein-coding genes are located, but these constitute only about two percent of the human genome, the remaining 98 percent are non-coding sequence whose function is largely unknown," said Len Pennacchio, the paper's senior author and DOE JGI Genomic Technologies Department Head. "Our approach employs next generation sequencing technology to find regulatory regions, the 'switches' on a genome-wide scale and much more cost... (EurekAlert!)
Mathematical Models Reveal How Organisms Transcend The Sum Of Their Genes Feb 11, 2009
For example, the completion of the Human Genome Project has inspired hopes of understanding how a person's genome determines their biology. The era of such "predictive biology" is a long way off yet, Yin says, but the ability to identify key elements of genetic organization and regulation are a critical early step. (Science Daily)
The Sceptical Chymist Feb 8, 2009
Ever since the human genome project ended, people have wondered why we have so few protein coding genes (around 20,000 at last count). The humble E. Coli contains 4300 [see. (Nature News Service)
Simmons co-authors global warming book Feb 8, 2009
D. in Computer Science and wrote computer models funded by the Human Genome Project, so it was a good match to challenge the IPCC reports, which were based on computer models. Simmons said, We are not challenging weekly weather models, nor those which predict the paths of hurricanes. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
Form Follows Sequence Feb 7, 2009
The Human Genome Project, begun by the Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health less than ten years ago, have finished a draft of all 50,000 to 100,000 human genes - all three billion base-pairs. The majority of the proteins these myriad genes code for do not resemble any already known. (FirstScience.com)
