When President Obama announced Sunday evening, May 1st, that Osama Bin Laden had been killed in a United States military operation, many wanted physical proof that the person killed and taken into custody was in fact Mr. Osama Bin Laden. At this…
That’s right April 25th is National DNA Day. It was proclaimed by both the US Senate and the House of Representative in 2003 and while you might not have the day off you might want to stop and think about…
Tired of Curly Hair? Researchers are supposedly developing a pill, which will allow you more control over your hair type. The secret to straight or curly hair is in your genes. Scientists have now determined which gene causes your hair…
In 2009 a new laboratory was opened at the University of Otago it was expected to unlock secrets about the genetic heritage of Pacific people, animals and plants according to scientists and anthropologists. The ancient DNA laboratory, allows scientists to…
The Department of Homeland Security, is studding the possible use of a scanner that could map out DNA in less than an hour. The device is portable and about the size of a desktop printer and is being built by Network Biosystems (or…
According the the Daily Express “Curvy women can ditch the diet – after scientists found that a woman’s body shape is all down to her genes.” While this appears to hold more truth after the lates study environmental factors (such…
Ozzy Osbourne is the first rock star to give his DNA to science. As reported in Scientific American in October 2010 Ozzy Osbourne has become one of the few to have their entire genome sequenced. Osbourne’s DNA was sequenced and analyzed by Cofactor Genomics and Knome…
The Cacao plant, that makes our beloved chocolate, has officially had it’s DNA sequenced. Oddly enough, more than one team of scientists, both of whom claim they were the first, has completed it. In 2010, a team of researchers financed…
A law that took effect the end of July 2009 requiring that DNA samples be taken from people arrested for capital murder, first-degree murder, kidnapping and first- and second-degree sexual assault instead of waiting to take the samples after a…
