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Paranoid plants, productive sheep, queen bees, wheat, barley, rice, bin chickens, flower and fruit yield
Agricultural genetic stories from the International Congress of Genetics in Melbourne. Read on for more information about each story. …
Antidepressants, bowel cancer, ancient DNA, liver, heart, short stature, and Indigenous inequity
Friday at the Genetics Congress Genetic health stories from the International Congress of Genetics in Melbourne. Read on for more information about each story. …
Bin chickens; platypus threat; bilby poo; isolated koalas; sex changing fish
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A prize for nonsense and quality control
mRNA ‘quality control’ pioneers Allan Jacobson and Lynne Maquat receive US$500,000 Gruber Genetics Prize in Melbourne Every plant, every animal, every human depends on mRNA to accurately …
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Are bin chickens spreading Japanese encephalitis?
Are bin chickens spreading deadly diseases? Anjana Karawita and his colleagues at CSIRO’s Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness in Geelong are investigating the role of Australian ibis in …
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Are we ready for gene testing and genetic medicine?
71 per cent of Australians believe that gene testing does not necessarily contribute to effective cancer or disease treatment according to a survey by Lonergan on behalf of gene technology company, …
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Fast living killifish reverse muscle wasting. Could we?
Photo credit: Avnika Ruparelia Life’s tough for African killifish. They only live for three to four months. They suffer from the same diseases of old-aging that we do – cancer, short telomeres, and …
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Stuttering Gene found. Fast living killifish reverse muscle wasting. Solving cold cases. Concerns about gene testing and genomic medicine.
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Teeth reveal missing slavery stories; who owns and benefits from DNA; capturing the Tree of Life, Tiger genetics, prostate DNA
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Powerful new network to ensure Indigenous Australians can benefit from genomic medicine
Media release from the Australian Alliance for Indigenous Genomics (ALIGN) A national alliance of the brightest minds in genomic science, academia, policy makers, industry and Indigenous leaders …
Today: from $3 billion genome to the $1,000 genome. Tomorrow: your code on your phone?
The International Congress of Genetics returns to Australia Today Monday Media welcome …