The Signatures of Cancer
The Sanger Institute has undertaken an ambitious project and the results have been published today in the journal Nature. You can read the original full text article here. In it, scientists studied genetic material...
Tagged: Genetics
The Knockout Mouse
A few weeks ago someone asked me how researchers were able to create ‘designer’ animals with bits of their genetic code removed. It sounds like something from science fiction! We call these animals ‘knockouts’...
The History of Milk
Fascinating article in Nature about how our ability to consume milk evolved due to a chance genetic mutation that spread through the population, and shaped human settlement across a continent. You can read the...
Decoding ENCODE
This HOA is panel discussion, where we talk about the findings of the ENCODE project. The panel consisted of Dr Ian Bosdet, Dr Josh Witten and Professor Rajini Rao. We explained the basics of...
Grey Horses and the Price of Beauty
• Did you know that the coat color in grey horses (six Lipizzaners in the image above) is linked to a mutation in the STX17 gene? Grey horses are born with their base colour...
