Read more DNA stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2180/dna.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:45:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74103/mutant-genes-linked-to-long-life.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have spotted a link among people who live to age 100: high levels of telomerase, an enzyme that protects DNA and could possibly be simulated in life-lengthening drugs. The enzyme repairs telomeres, end sections of DNA that have been likened to plastic tips that prevent shoelaces from unraveling. In...http://www.newser.com/story/74103/mutant-genes-linked-to-long-life.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 8:43:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71134/map-of-cells-machinery-wins-chemistry-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded today to three scientists who mapped the structure of the ribosome, the part of the cell that reads DNA and uses its information to create proteins. All three chemists constructed three-dimensional models of the ribosome, using X-ray crystallography to chart hundreds of thousands...http://www.newser.com/story/71134/map-of-cells-machinery-wins-chemistry-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 5:51:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70959/3-us-genetics-researchers-win-medicine-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree American scientists won the Nobel Prize for Medicine today for their work on the replication of chromosomes, which has implications for cancer, aging, and stem cell research. The laureates focused on a string of DNA at the end of chromosomes, called telomeres, and discovered an enzyme that allows dividing...http://www.newser.com/story/70959/3-us-genetics-researchers-win-medicine-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 5:37:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68777/gym-rats-can-thank-their-dna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeople driven to pump iron or chill out on the sofa may differ as much in their DNA as they do in their activity levels, reports the Los Angeles Times . Scientists have discovered that identical twins are twice as likely to have similar workout habits as fraternal twins, indicating exercise...http://www.newser.com/story/68777/gym-rats-can-thank-their-dna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Sep 2009 4:49:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68299/paris-keeps-cut-hair-to-dodge-dna-testing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe hair snipped from Paris Jackson's head last week won't be falling into the hands of the genetic paparazzi. The Las Vegas salon that cut the 11-year-old's hair carefully swept up, bagged, and handed over every last strand, apparently to stop potential thieves from running a DNA test on the...http://www.newser.com/story/68299/paris-keeps-cut-hair-to-dodge-dna-testing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 8:47:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68017/mjs-credit-score-pretty-crappy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf Michael Jackson hadn’t been the King of Pop, he probably would have had trouble getting a loan. His average credit score was a “very low” 563.67, TMZ reports—the average Californian’s is 672. Collections and delinquent accounts contributed to the score, and Barneys even shut down his credit...http://www.newser.com/story/68017/mjs-credit-score-pretty-crappy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 9:03:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67583/dna-testing-snags-fish-imposters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you ordered grouper ($12 per pound) at a restaurant, and the chef slipped you catfish ($2.50 per pound) instead, could you tell the difference? Most diners can’t, which is where Mahmood Shivji comes in. Shivji’s a DNA researcher, who’s developed a method of testing the DNA in seafood...http://www.newser.com/story/67583/dna-testing-snags-fish-imposters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 8:38:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67140/dna-evidence-easy-to-fake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThink DNA evidence is foolproof? In fact, it's so easy to fabricate that "any biology undergrad" could engineer a crime scene, claim scientists in Israel. Raising troubling implications for a legal system that treats DNA as a gold standard, the scientists have demonstrated that DNA samples are vulnerable to both...http://www.newser.com/story/67140/dna-evidence-easy-to-fake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 4:57:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66775/national-enquirer-test-proves-edwards-is-babys-father.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new DNA test proves John Edwards is the father of ex-mistress Rielle Hunter's daughter, the National Enquirer reports. (Yep, it's the Enquirer , but remember they broke news of the affair before any of the mainstream media and forced Edwards into a televised confession.) And it gets worse: Hunter...http://www.newser.com/story/66775/national-enquirer-test-proves-edwards-is-babys-father.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 21:46:56 CDT