Sequence Your Genome "Cheaply"August 9th, 2005 Researchers George Church and colleagues at Harvard Medical School said they had found a faster and cheaper way to sequence your genome (the entire DNA code of a person, plant or other organism) for only about $2.2 million. They hope to reduce the cost to $1,000 per genome.
Congratulations: You Have Nearly As Many Genes As Trick ParasiteJanuary 13th, 2007 A simple one-celled parasite called Trichomonas Vaginalis, also known as "trick", which causes an itchy and smelly genital infection especially dangerous to women, has nearly as many genes as a human being, researchers reported on Thursday. They mapped the genome of Trichomonas vaginalis, which causes the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection, and hope they have found a few chinks in its armor.
Scientists Race to Map the totality of Human Protein-Protein InteractionsAugust 3rd, 2005 Two years ago the Human Genome Project published its final draft – a protein parts list, if you will, for human cells. Noticeably missing, though, were the instructions needed to put those pieces together.
Why Are Stem Cells So Hot?January 9th, 2008 Of the 20,000 to 30,000 genes now thought to be in the human genome, most cells express only a very small part - which makes sense, a liver cell has little need for the DNA code that makes neurons. But as almost all cells carry around a full copy ('distribution') of the genome, a system is needed to #ifdef out stuff not needed.
The Blooker Prize, World's First Literary Prize for Blooks (Books Based on Blogs or Web Sites) AnnouncedOctober 18th, 2005 Online self-publishing house Lulu has announced the Blooker Prize - first-ever literary award for "blooks," books based on blogs or Web sites. The Lulu Blooker Prize (www.lulublookerprize.com) is the first contest to honor blooks, a hybrid literary form that has evolved in recent years from web sites, particularly the web sites known as blogs.
Sangamo's technology (ZFP) for efficient, permanent correction of disease-causing gene accepted for publication by NatureApril 4th, 2005 Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO) today announced publication of data that demonstrates the use of the Company's zinc finger DNA-binding protein (ZFP) technology to achieve highly efficient, permanent correction of a disease-causing gene in primary human cells.
Congratulations WordPress Plugin Contest Winners & Translator Pro WinnerAugust 26th, 2007 The WordPress plugin contest results were just announced by Mark Ghosh. We sponsored a copy of Translator Pro 5.0 plugin for the competition.
Additional *$250,000 From Simple Thoughts for "Intelligent Design Contest" Prize PotAugust 19th, 2005 Xeni Jardin of BoingBoing has issued a 250K$ Intelligent Design challenge:
We are willing to pay any individual *$250,000
if they can produce empirical evidence which proves that Jesus is not
the son of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. You may submit entries here.
Nigerian 419 Scammers Wins IgNobel Prize in LiteratureOctober 7th, 2005 The Internet entrepreneurs of Nigeria received Ig Nobel prize this year "for creating and then using e-mail to distribute a bold series of short stories, thus introducing millions of readers to a cast of rich characters -- General Sani Abacha, Mrs. Mariam Sanni Abacha, Barrister Jon A Mbeki Esq."
The scams (also known as 419 scams) are notorious for asking people to reveal their private bank information to help fictitious characters transfer large sums of money.
Alternative to Nobel prize in scienceMay 2nd, 2005 Nobel science prizes will face a "more daring" rival from 2008 with $1 million awards for research into everything from the "big bang" to the brain, a Norwegian-born philanthropist said on Monday. Fred Kavli, a physicist who left Norway in 1955 with $300 and turned it into a $340 million fortune in California, said he was setting up three prizes for astrophysics, neuroscience and nanotechnology -- the use of molecule-sized devices.
WordPress 2.0 Theme Competition AnnouncedJanuary 2nd, 2006 Update: This competition (and Ah Kiong) appears to be fraud. Kcyap (Ah Kiong) announced WordPress 2.0 theme competition with some exciting prizes funded by him like 60GB iPod video.
AIIMS / Indian Government Ideal For DCA Human Trial For Cancer TreatmentFebruary 5th, 2007 India is the ideal place to conduct human trial for the effectiveness of DCA ( dichloroacetate ) as anti-cancer drug. The government regulations for human trial aren't as stringest as USA, there are funds available for such studies and frankly you don't need much.
Human-To-Human Bird Flu Transmission Confirmed by WHOJune 26th, 2006 A World Health Organization probe revealed that the bird flu virus mutated within an Indonesian family. An Indonesian man who died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu almost certainly caught the disease from his 10-year-old son.
Massively Scaled Java Technology DeploymentSeptember 7th, 2005 At Doubletwist Inc. we worked with 40 4 CPU Sun Ultra Machines with 4 GB RAM each to carry out annotations of human genome.
Review: 5 Amazing Robots who Are Almost HumanJanuary 19th, 2009 You must have seen Transformers or what you call robots in disguise. Optimus prime with his team of autoboats fights a battle of life to save human lives.
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