Dog DNA to Prosecute Owners?
I have seen this more than once now, including as an April Fools Story. Cities creating a database of canine DNA in order to track down owners who fail to clean up after their pets. Well the story has resurfaced…
Category DNA News
DNA Might Provided The Key To Living to 100
Researchers may have discovered a genetic equivalent of the Fountain of Youth hidden in the DNA of centenarians. Only 1 in 6,000 people reaches the century mark and just 1 in 7 million lives to be a supercentenarian (someone who…
Big News For Horse Racing
Equinome, a company founded on research conducted at University College Dublin, just announced their new test to predict how horses will perform for racing. Testing will cost 1000 Euros per horse tested. Equinome’s test looks at the gene responsible for…
Small Changes Made to Cancer Drug May Make Big Difference
Reported in the December issue of Molecular Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research; researchers at the University of Florida have been able to just use a fraction of the normal dosage of a highly toxic,…
New Study Identifies Risks for Painkiller Addiction
In a study published on September 2nd in HealthDay News the question of why some people are more likely to become addicted to opioid painkillers (like morphine, codeine or oxycodone) has now been partially unraveled by the Geisinger Health System…
Are Sperm Donors Really Anonymous Anymore?
I just came across an article distributed by the Slate discussing the above topic. This brought my thinking to the use of DNA and the idea of anonymity in general. DNA testing makes them easy to trace By Rachel Lehmann-Haupt…
Baby Gender, Genetic Disorder, Paternity Test After Just 5 Weeks: Research Holy Grail or Illusion?
A blood test that can determine the gender and genetic abnormalities in a unborn baby as early as five weeks has proven to be successful according to Dutch researchers. The researchers claim that the test has almost 100 per cent…
DNA Mixed Dog Breed Testing
This canine mystery solver is quickly becoming a popular within the dog community and in the media. Both ABC and NBC, as well as other mainstream media, bloggers and animal lovers with websites, have run stories on breed testing over…
Why Pregnant Women Should Eat More Seafood
For years, pregnant and nursing women have been warned to limit the amount of fish they eat. This is because many marine species may contain high levels of mercury, which endangers development in newborns and fetuses. Recently, National Healthy Mothers,…
