Editorial: Landmark judgment
Published in The Hindu on April 14, 2010 Who owns your genes? Among others, medical diagnostics companies, which — in
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Editorial: A new human species
Published in The Hindu on April 10, 2010 Nearly 10 years after the genome of a living individual was first
Read MoreWhat invalidating breast cancer gene patents implies
Published in The Hindu on April 8, 2010 Will purification of genes extracted from our body change their composition or
Read MoreEditorial: China’s rise in science
Published in The Hindu on March 26, 2010 President Barack Obama has earmarked $66 billion for non-defence research and development,
Read MoreNew species in human’s family tree found
Published in The Hindu on March 25, 2010 A team of scientists has successfully sequenced mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of a
Read MoreEditorial: What genome sequencing reveals
Published in The Hindu on March 23, 2010 How rich human genetic diversity is has been revealed by the fully
Read MoreJournal Nature confirms China’s high-quality research output
Published in The Hindu on March 18, 2010 Yet another confirmation of the high quality of research being done in
Read MoreSpecies survival, protected area link found
Published in The Hindu on March 11, 2010 Large terrestrial mammals are the most threatened taxa, and hence face a
Read MoreEditorial: Dinosaur-eating snake
Published in The Hindu on March 9, 2010 If well-preserved snake fossils are rare, the recovery of the nearly complete
Read MoreChile: where three tectonic plate boundaries meet
Published in The Hindu on March 4, 2010 The 8.8 magnitude earthquake had its epicentre in the Pacific Ocean about
Read MoreExtinct Indian snake preyed on dinosaur hatchlings
Published in The Hindu on March 2, 2010 Can a snake prey on a dinosaur? The answer is yes. Remains
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Sequencing a complete ancient human genome using hair samples
In less than 10 years after the human genome from a living individual was first sequenced, scientists have successfully sequenced
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Now, an ancient human genome studied
For the first time ever the genome of an ancient human has been studied. The about 4,000-year-old sample studied was
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