Patient groups are sponsoring drug discovery at other firms, including Iceland's Decode Genetics and England's Oxford BioMedica, which is plying a gene-therapy approach.
On Sept. 27, Merck made a bet that obesity has its roots in genetics by signing a deal with Iceland's DeCode Genetics .
Some of the world's largest coffee companies are pursuing proprietary research projects to expand coffee's genetics.
It would outlaw insurance or employment discrimination based on a person's genetics.
In high school, Dr. Polychronis's genetics class left me in tears on more than one occasion, and never had I worked harder to earn a "C" on my report card.
WSJ: Our Child Hates Math��and We Parents Are Partly to Blame
After returning to Iran to set up that country's first genetics institute, he jumped at the chance to return to the U.S. to do research and teach.
Research firm Genesus Genetics estimates China's total pig population at more than 470 million.
Now an experimental drug from Iceland's DeCode Genetics shows promise of quelling heart inflammation in a preliminary human trial.
Among them are Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people )-funded 23andMe, Iceland's Decode Genetics and Navigenics of Redwood Shores, California.
Among them are Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people )-funded 23andMe, Iceland's Decode Genetics and Navigenics of Redwood Shores, Calif.
In a step towards the long-awaited era of personalized medicine, Iceland's DeCode Genetics has discovered a new genetic risk factor for the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis.
Navigenics, Iceland's DeCode Genetics and 23andMe, whose investors include Google and Genentech, use DNA chips to give people preliminary data on their risk of a variety of diseases.
At Venter's former genetics lab, the not-for-profit Institute for Genomic Research, managers battled over control of grant money and equipment while his 23-year marriage to renowned genomic scientist Claire Fraser (who ran the place) fell apart.
In contrast, a genomics firm like Iceland's DeCode Genetics (nasdaq: DCGN - news - people ) might apply for 350 gene patents--as DeCode did today--that might make money someday, but still post a loss.
"If you can identify kids who are going to have trouble learning, you can intervene" early on in their lives, through special schooling or other programs, says Robert Plomin, a professor of behavioral genetics at King's College, London, who is involved in the BGI project.
It's rooted in genetics and early environment and culture and things that aren't all that malleable.
In the meantime, after Angelina Jolie's announcement, Myriad Genetics' stock rose to a three-year high.
It's just in the genetics, I guess.
CNN: The end game: How sports stars battle through retirement
Merck's recent deal with DeCode Genetics is a bet that there are genes that make people fat.
Mr. Zhao's first foray into the genetics of intelligence was a plan to collect DNA from high-achieving kids at local high schools.
Although about 70% of a person's height is determined by genetics, children need good nutrition, with plenty of protein, vitamins and calcium, to reach their full adult potential.
Dr Jozef Gecz, from the hospital's Department of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, led the research.
Professor Morgan says you cannot rule out genetics completely, but for him it's not the major factor.
She said that the "23% error rate" indicated that, although "genetics is fundamental in exceptional longevity it's not the only thing".
Jay A. Tischfield, chairman of the department of genetics at Rutgers University in the U.S., has one of the largest DNA banks in the world.
English Heritage said results of recent analysis of Peter's portrait by a professor of genetics, now suggested he had Pitt-Hopkins syndrome, a chromosomal disorder first identified in 1978.
The first such agent to gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval was Seattle Genetics Inc.
The Singapore National Health Sciences Hospital advised us to get molecular genetics testing done from U.K. or U.S. since the children could benefit from latest research studies being conducted there.
"For someone at low genetic risk, being in a bad environment conveys only a modestly increased risk of drug abuse, " says lead study author Dr. Kenneth S. Kendler, professor of psychiatry and human genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
Some had a form of Alzheimer's disease that was known to be due to conventional genetics.
应用推荐