The group's goal is to expand the global coffee crop's tiny gene pool.
"It's very significant to find a new clone variety because the tree's gene pool is very restricted and that is a disadvantage if they are threatened by disease as these are, " she said.
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Cells have ways to repair such mutations, but in this case, when the cell repairs the DNA, it is left unmethylated and the cell's memory of the gene's 'off' status is lost.
In 1996 David Bedwell, a microbiologist at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, found that an antibiotic, gentamicin, could make the body's gene-reading software skip past the misplaced period in the gene sentence and keep on reading.
The idea of treating disease by replacing a defective gene with a working copy gained credence in 1990 with the success of the world's first gene therapy clinical tests against a rare condition called severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).
Big Blue is hooking up with DeCode (nasdaq: DCGN - news - people ) in a pioneering three-year deal to jointly sell an integrated computer system that combines DeCode's unique gene-mining software, which sleuths out genetic risk factors for diseases, with IBM's (nyse: IBM - news - people ) servers and database software.
"He's an iconic figure that everybody wants around, he's the world's greatest salesman and that's irreplaceable, " said Gene Munster, a senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray who has been covering Apple since 2003.
Stefansson ultimately hopes to sell DeCode's gene-mining software to hospitals so that they can analyze their patients.
Ultimately, Stefansson hopes to sell DeCode's gene-mining software to hospitals so they can analyze their own patients.
Along with the lupus drug, it is one of the first drugs to emerge from Glaxo's gene-hunting efforts.
But the techniques were so primitive back then that it took another decade, until 1993, to nail down the Huntington's gene.
Among them is 27-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, a founder of Facebook, proof that America's giving gene has passed to the next generation.
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McCarty, an investigator at Nationwide's Center for Gene Therapy, says relying on another researcher's data from a natural-history study would be problematic.
Venter, who founded Celera Genomics (nyse: CRA - news - people ), was instrumental in creating Celera's gene sequence.
GAB2 appears to modify the effects of this better known Alzheimer's gene.
But Millennium's gene databases have not yielded a single marketed drug, either for Millennium or any of the partners who ponied up big bucks.
The quintet is a two-generation band, with Lake's sons Gene (on drums) and DJ Jahi Sundance (on turntables), along with Freddie Hendrix on trumpet and organist Jared Gold.
City of Hope's gene factory encompasses 20, 000 square feet of space, half of it devoted to "clean room" labs dedicated to producing complex, genetically engineered treatments for its trials.
The scientists suggest that being attracted to some of father's gene smells may be a safe gamble for a woman to ensure her offspring gets a tried and tested immune system.
Even as Venter was triumphing over the government's gene-mappers in 2000, stock in Celera plummeted as it dawned on investors that the company would have trouble turning DNA data into cash.
The slim, ultra-light laptop that analysts including Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster are counting on for a Macworld debut will include a more heavy-duty, older chip from Intel, such as the Core 2 Duo.
DeCode's heart gene hunt was led by an unassuming young researcher named Anna Helgadottir, who spent four years scanning the genomes of thousands of Icelanders and constantly worrying that the efforts might yield nothing.
Richard Gregory , Genzyme's vice president of gene therapy, argues that the company's use of adenovirus is safe.
But it can't compete with IBM's work in progress, Blue Gene, unless it's ten times that fast.
"This approval unlocks the potential of gene therapy because it is a first at either the EMA or FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) for gene therapy, " uniQure's chief executive Jorn Aldag said in an interview.
"On every small-business issue from day one, Karen has had the president's ear, " said Gene Sperling, director of the White House's National Economic Council.
Eliza's technology also could be used in Blue Gene, IBM's supercomputer under development and aimed for biotechnology research.
It is the first breeder to include Equinome's "speed gene" results in its stud brochures.
Mr Olis's boss, Gene Foster, and a colleague agreed to plead guilty in exchange for at most five-year sentences.
Red-green colorblindness is far more common in men than women because it's a recessive gene carried on the X chromosome.
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