Read more human genome stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11528/human-genome.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-12T13:38:17http://www.newser.com/story/82994/genome-breakthrough-zeroes-in-on-disease.htmlTwo teams of researchers have identified the exact genetic cause of their patients' rare diseases by sequencing their entire genomes, a sharp but promising departure of the previous application of genetics to disease. “I suspect that in the next few years human genetics will finally begin to systematically deliver clinically...http://www.newser.com/story/82994/genome-breakthrough-zeroes-in-on-disease.html2010-03-11T18:51:02http://www.newser.com/story/75030/chinese-gene-mapping-links-dialects-disease.htmlA massive gene study of ethnic Chinese in the north and south of the country has revealed key divergences that correspond to dialect groups and could account for some hereditary diseases. The study of 8,200 people from 10 provinces and Singapore found significant variation in .3% of the genome,...http://www.newser.com/story/75030/chinese-gene-mapping-links-dialects-disease.html2009-11-30T21:40:49http://www.newser.com/story/66597/get-your-genome-sequenced-for-just-50k.htmlDecoding the first full human genome cost billions, but a professor of bioengineering says he has done it for just $50,000 using technology he helped design, reports the San Francisco Business Times . Stephen Quake sequenced his genetic code using a team of just three people. Only last year, decoding...http://www.newser.com/story/66597/get-your-genome-sequenced-for-just-50k.html2009-08-11T09:30:05http://www.newser.com/story/56294/decoding-of-genome-fails-to-yield-promised-cures.htmlThe promised age of unlocking the mystery of common diseases through DNA appears to have a hit a disappointing roadblock, the New York Times reports. As a result, companies that bill people to provide a personal genomic profile—and theoretically warn them of their risk to illness—are practicing nothing...http://www.newser.com/story/56294/decoding-of-genome-fails-to-yield-promised-cures.html2009-04-16T02:36:32http://www.newser.com/story/42484/genome-research-helps-develop-search-engine.htmlTechnology designed to sequence the human genome is now being turned to an equally daunting task: probing the depths of the web. DeepDyve, a search engine developed by Human Genome Project researchers, can base its search on up to 25,000 characters, Wired reports, which researchers say allows it to...http://www.newser.com/story/42484/genome-research-helps-develop-search-engine.html2008-11-12T20:20:00http://www.newser.com/story/42333/rna-secret-weapon-against-disease.htmlRNA has long been seen as DNA’s little brother, a messenger between the human genome and cells’ protein factories. But studies point to a bigger role—ribonucleic acid can “turn off” certain genes, for example, fighting a range of health problems, the New York Times reports. “This is potentially the...http://www.newser.com/story/42333/rna-secret-weapon-against-disease.html2008-11-11T18:05:14http://www.newser.com/story/37567/genome-project-is-a-bust-expert.htmlThe idea behind mapping the human genome (and spending $3 billion to do so) was to uncover common gene variants that cause disease. But a Duke University geneticist says that natural selection has worked better than we thought, that there are no common variants but rather a multitude of rare...http://www.newser.com/story/37567/genome-project-is-a-bust-expert.html2008-09-16T16:40:01http://www.newser.com/story/36637/broad-donates-400m-for-gene-research.htmlEli and Edythe Broad plan to donate $400 million more to the Massachusetts foundation they started 4 years ago to research the genetic causes of disease, the Boston Globe reports. “It's the biggest investment we've ever made,” said Broad, whose gift to the joint Harvard/MIT venture is the largest donation...http://www.newser.com/story/36637/broad-donates-400m-for-gene-research.html2008-09-04T20:08:33http://www.newser.com/story/29703/top-ideas-of-past-year.htmlWhich ideas informed the national discourse (or lack thereof) in the past year? Well, the Atlantic Monthly knows, and there are 11 … er, 11½. From the troop surge in Iraq to post-partisan politics to the provocatively titled “mass-market atheism,” a look at some of the most captivating concepts of...http://www.newser.com/story/29703/top-ideas-of-past-year.html2008-06-11T22:19:06