NEWS - TABLE OF CONTENTS

July, 2008
(Jul 20) What You Should Know Before You Spit Into That Test Tube
(Jul 16) Principle of Recursive Genome Function Supersedes Dogmas; By Andras Pellionisz, Online Ahead of Print; (Scientific Visionary Vindicated)
(Jul 14) Intel, Others Back New DNA Sequencer
(Jul 07) New Targets For RNAs That Regulate Genes Identified
(Jul 05) Science is being held back by outdated laws
June, 2008
(Jun 25) When's a Gene Test Not a Gene Test?
(Jun 20) First Anniversary of ENCODE: The Principle of Recursive Genome Function
(Jun 19) Genetics Became Information Science - The Holistic View of Genome Structure and Function
(Jun 18) BIOCOM 2008: Turning personalized medicine into reality
(Jun 17) First Anniversary of ENCODE - video interviews with leading Genomics experts in Cold Springs Harbor
(Jun 16) Calif. cracks down on 13 genetic testing startups
(Jun 14) First ENCODE Anniversary
(Jun 13) Applied Biosystems Joins 1000 Genomes Project
(Jun 10) Apple in Parallel: Turning the PC World Upside Down?
(Jun 02) Third Wave to Acquire Stratagene's Full Velocity Patents for $3.9M
May, 2008
(May 28) Genome 'trailblazer' Francis Collins departing research institute
(May 28) Government's gene guru to resign [Francis Collins to go ... where?]
(May 26) Dutch scientists first to unravel a woman’s DNA
(May 24) President Bush Signs Genetic Nondiscrimination Legislation Into Law
(May 15) Genetics firm to build online health database [of Parkinson's disease]
(May 13) Agilent Technologies Announces Licensing Agreement with Broad Institute to Develop Genome-Partitioning Kits to Streamline Next-Generation Sequencing
(May 12) Merck's Informatics Mission [What should be the result of long-predicted "Genomics-IT confluence"?]
(May 08) Research firm bases FPGA on fractal-like structure
(May 03) Intel Seeks Partners to Develop FPGA-Based Solution for Next-Gen Sequencing Analysis
(May 03) Unlocking the human genome: Pioneering researcher joins Buck Institute
(May 03) Slaughter's Anti-Genetic Discrimination Bill Becomes Law
April, 2008
(Apr 28) Mitrionics FPGA-Accelerated Computing Platform for Bio and Genome Informatics Demonstrated at Bio-IT World Conference
(Apr 28) Baylor College of Medicine to Use Applied Biosystems Genetic Analysis Technology as Part of 1000 Genomes Project
(Apr 24) Beijing Genomics Institute Signs Multi-Million Dollar Order for 11 Additional Illumina Genome Analyzers
(Apr 24) Genetic Discrimination Law Passes Senate with Compromises
(Apr 18) The $100 Genome
(Apr 18) GNS: Building a SNPs-to-Outcomes Engine
(Apr 17) New technologies speed development of personal genomes ["Jim Watson project"]
(Apr 16) Sydney Brenner Urges Cancer Researchers to Consider 'Bedside to Bench' Approach
(Apr 15) The [Dreaded] DNA Data Deluge
(Apr 14) New DNA sequencing strategy could be vital during disease outbreak
(Apr 14) May We Scan your Genome? [Newsweek skips on Genome Revolution to herald DTC business model]
(Apr 13) Global Biotech Competition Heats Up
(Apr 10) Al Gore Helps Navigenics Launch Personal Genomics Service
(Apr 09) Navigenics Debuts Gene Dx Service, Allies With Mayo to Study How Patients Use Data
(Apr 08) Enter Navigenics, Where Personal Genomics Gets More Medical
(Apr 07) Gene Regulation Video in Science website
(Apr 06) Gene Regulation in the Third Dimension
(Apr 04) BioNanomatrix Lands $5.1M in Venture Financing
(Apr 02) Roche NimbleGen Launches NimbleGen Sequence Capture Technology for Targeted Genome Resequencing
(Apr 02) NanoLabs Raises £10M to Aid Race for a Cheaper Genome
March, 2008
(Mar 29) New Research Provides Greater Insight into Gene Regulation
(Mar 28) New Software Aids Researchers Analyzing Millions of DNA Sequences
(Mar 26) BGI to Ramp up Sequencing Abilities with Illumina, Roche Tools
(Mar 24) Genetic Testing Gets Personal [and now they are more then 20 companies]
(Mar 21) Navigenics will Launch [its Personalized Genomics web service] April 8th in NYC
(Mar 17) Tapping miRNA-Regulated Pathways
(Mar 17) All Connected
(Mar 12) Applied Biosystems Surpasses Industry Milestone in Lowering the Cost of Sequencing Human Genome
(Mar 11) GATC opens up shop in Sweden
(Mar 07) New Partnership with Helicos Puts Expression Analysis at the Forefront of Genomic Research
(Mar 06) Helicos BioSciences declares first shipment of single molecule DNA sequencer
(Mar 04) Gene Map Becomes a Luxury Item [an American got it on taxpayers' money, another by non-profit funds, a Chineese (don't ask the source) - and now a Romanian entrepreneur -AJP]
(Mar 02) Illumina technology can lead researchers to new drug therapies, links to disease
February, 2008
(Feb 29) Google Backs Harvard Scientist's 100,000-Genome Quest
(Feb 29) Basically, DNA is a computing problem [Ballistics, in WWII, was also a computing problem]
(Feb 27) Upheaval in Genomics - news censored, exodus of academics to lucrative industry, proprpietary IP abound...
(Feb 14) How One Protein Binds To Genes And Regulates Human Genome
(Feb 12) PacBio Plans to Sell First DNA Sequencers in 2010; Aims for 100 Gigabases Per Hour
(Feb 11) California company claims faster, cheaper gene map
(Feb 08) Race is on to produce a personal - and cheap - genome readout
(Feb 07) On the front lines of the genomic revolution
(Feb 07) Illumina says inexpensive genome testing here
(Feb 07) RNA-associated introns guide nerve-cell channel production
(Feb 03) The Final Meltdown of JunkDNA Myth
(Feb 01) Florida Gives Miami Genetic Institute $80M
January, 2008
(Jan 31) Faith in the landscape of modernity [Francis Collins at Stanford, 5th Feb, 7:30pm]
(Jan 30) Reinventing the Sequencer
(Jan 29) SeqWright Announces Personal Genomics Service
(Jan 28) Fueling The Future: The oil well of tomorrow may be in a California lab full of genetically modified, diesel-spewing bacteria
(Jan 25) Life: A Tech-Centric View
(Jan 24) Venter Institute Scientists Create First Synthetic Bacterial Genome
(Jan 24) NIH Announces New Initiative In Epigenomics
(Jan 23) Navigating the Genome for Autism Clues
(Jan 22) International effort to catalog complete DNA of 1,000 people
(Jan 21) Supergene Labs Design Microbes to Change Sun to Fuel, Eat Waste
(Jan 18) Scientist hopeful about future of medicine, but funds needed
(Jan 17) Invitrogen Enters Non-Coding RNA Licensing Agreement with IMBcom [Mattick goes commercial]
(Jan 16) IPGS Founders meet in Silicon Valley this week for the "Next Big Thing" in "Genomics beyond Genes"
(Jan 16) Body Weight Influenced By Thousands Of Genes [6,000 genes - 25 percent of the genome]
(Jan 11) Is most of the human genome functional? ["Wait and see" is professionally negligent -AJP]
(Jan 10) Knome and the Beijing Genomics Institute Enter into Exclusive Strategic Alliance
(Jan 06) China makes 1st volunteer genome atlas
(Jan 05) Nutrigenomics: The Genome - Food Interface [Protein to DNA interaction "never" happens under Central Dogma - watch for upcoming release]
(Jan 04) New Route For Heredity Bypasses DNA [Post-ENCODE Genomics puts new light on Lamarckian concepts - watch for upcoming release]
(Jan 03) Seeking God in the Brain - Efforts to Localize Higher Brain Functions [Mathematical identification of brain functions in the genome - watch for upcoming release]
(Jan 01) Seattle research to map disease with U.S. grant

December, 2007

(Dec 30) Study Maps Life In Extreme Environments
(Dec 21) Breakthrough of the year - Human genetic variation [Misnomer: 2007 was the year of BreakDown]
(Dec 25)_Beijing Genomics Institute to Offer Sequencing Services [How big nations do in a Global Competition?]
(Dec 23) Hereditary diseases taking toll on Arab region [How big nations (will) do in a Global Competition]
(Dec 14) 4th International Greek Biotechnology Forum [How small nations (should) do in a Global Competition]
(Dec 13) Forget mistletoe - what about DNA?A new dating service matches singles using major histocompatibility complex genes
(Dec 12) More “Functional” DNA in Genome than Previously Thought
(Dec 10) Humans Evolving More Rapidly Than Ever, Say Scientist
(Dec 06) Craig Venter is the future
(Dec 06) Gene Security Network Raises $4M Series A Funding [Sunnyvale - Portola Valley]
(Dec 06) Swiss Government Launches $354M Systems Biology Initiative [Switzerland is to the lead]
(Dec 05) Mathematicians to decipher secrets of immune system [The Indian community in Thailand...]
(Dec 04) Danish Hotspot in Personalized Medicine [in San Francisco...]
(Dec 03) Chinese DNA. How China Uses Genome Projects to construct Chineseness [China is the next superpower]
(Dec 02) A Changing Portrait Of DNA [A Changing Story of Newsweek on Genetics Beyond Genes for USA Consumption]

November, 2007
(Nov 30) Knome Kicks Off Whole-Genome Sequencing Service
(Nov 29) MicroRNAs go from stop to start: MicroRNAs can both dampen and activate gene expression
(Nov 27) How low can a genome go? [The question is no longer the data - AJP]
(Nov 25) Decoding DNA fast and cheap
(Nov 24) European honour for Queensland scientist [Mattick]
(Nov 23) New Consumer Genomic Services Raise Questions About FDA Regulation
(Nov 20) Retail genomics: Within spitting distance
(Nov 18) The DNA Age - My Genome, Myself: Seeking Clues in DNA [Personalized PostGenetics?]
(Nov 15) Ancient retroviruses spurred evolution of gene regulatory networks in primates
(Nov 13) Bush Vetoes Bill that Would Raise NIH Funding Around 4 Percent over White House Request
(Nov 13) Are there rearrangement hot spots in the human genome? [Ohno proven wrong, again...]
(Nov 09) Characterizing the cancer genome in lung adenocarcinoma
(Nov 06) Dandruff is leftovers from meal on your head
(Nov 03) Cracking the code to life [how Venter's science and PR outsmarted the rest of the World]
(Nov 02) President Bush names Christian scientist [Francis Collins] a recipient of the President Medal of Freedom
(Nov 01) Bioinformatics - New Potion for Biotech & Pharma Firms
(Nov 01) Germany's Merkel pushes big business in India
(Nov 01) Shaking up scientific research [Venter shattering the 500-year assumption that businesses cannot do fundamental research]
October, 2007
(Oct 29) [Francis Collins] Presidential Medal of Freedom honorees named
(Oct 28) Richard Gibbs and the Baylor genome center are developing next-generation technology for sequencing DNA
(Oct 27) Where are we today with the real agenda of "re-thinking" "Post-ENCODE Genomics" (PostGenetics)?
(Oct 26) Watson, DNA Discoverer, Retires After Race Remark
(Oct 25) [How to avoid] The Brewing Biggest Embarrassment of the American R&D Since Sputnik
(Oct 24) How much [experimental] genomics is too much?
(Oct 23) Google Execs Really Do Hate Evil [Data format, Algorithm, Access]
(Oct 22) [Poitras' Gift] MIT Lab Wins $20M Gift to Study Genomics of Mental Illnesses
(Oct 22) James Watson: To question genetic intelligence is not racism [Where did he go wrong?]
(Oct 19) [Venter at] Web 2.0 Summit: Google The DNA Of Prospective Mates?
(Oct 19) Race row Nobel scientist James Watson scraps tour after being suspended
(Oct 18) The genetic map maker
(Oct 15) New Method Of Selecting DNA For Resequencing Accelerates Discovery Of Subtle DNA Variations [Differential Sequencing]
(Oct 12) Scientists map out first Asian genome
(Oct 10) [San Francisco] Bay Area Biotechs Poised to Win '07 VC Honors, But Living Costs Unnerve New Blood [where is Texas?]
(Oct 09) MIT Wins $100M [Koch] Gift to Create Cancer Research Institute That Melds Genomics, Cell Bio, Engineering
(Oct 09) NHGRI Unveils Second Phase of ENCODE Project With $80M in Grants
(Oct 08) The Human Genome: RNA Machine
(Oct 15) The Year of Miracles [2007? PostGenetics was founded 2005, IPGS formally abandoned "Junk DNA" in 2006]
(Oct 15) The Ten Hottest Nerds [The main theme is fighting "junk DNA diseases"]
(Oct 06) Gene genie [will it be out of the Petri dish by the 18th of October?]
(Oct 05) Emory Lands $3M Grant for Autism Research; [From Simons Foundation]
(Oct 05) Evolution Transforms "Junk" DNA into Genetic Machinery
(Oct 04) Sigma-Aldrich and the Universite de Montreal Establish Collaboration for RNA Interference Studies
(Oct 03) USC's Keck School Lands $10M Gift for Epigenomics Center
(Oct 02) The facts never speak for themselves ... scientists need to "frame" their messages to the public
(Oct 02) Beyond A 'Speed Limit' On Mutations, Species Risk Extinction
(Oct 01) [Inside the $100 Genome] BioNanomatrix Announces Issuance of Key Nanofluidics Patent Enabling Single Molecule Whole Genome Analysis
September, 2007
(Sep 29) Companies striving to sequence genome in a jiffy [$100 Genome! What to do with the avalanche of data?]
(Sep 28) DNA pioneer Watson far from elementary [a remarkable interview minus some cardinal questions]
(Sep 27) DNA repeats - a great chunk of "Junk" - or "Master Switches"? [The death of "Junk DNA numbers' game]
(Sep 27) Gene Regulation In Humans Is Closer Than Expected To Simple Organisms [Let's go for the simplest]
(Sep 27) DNA Collection Project in South Africa ["Everyone is a settler"]
(Sep 26) 2007: The Year of the Personalized .[PostGenetics; PPG]
(Sep 25) Slater Fund Invests in DNA sequencing “factory” of the future ["Put your money where your DNA is"]
(Sep 24) A 'scientific revolution' is taking place, as researchers explore the genomic jungle. DNA unraveled.
(Sep 24) He trolls genome for cancer clues
(Sep 21) Peer-reviewed publication in science journal to provide quantiative and experimentally testable predictions for "biological complexity"
(Sep 21) Human Genetic Ancestry uncovered by Algorithm [Now it is Microsoft, Google and Yahoo]
(Sep 21) Oxford scientist keen to set up subsidiary in India
(Sep 21) [Post]Genes in rheumatoid arthritis
(Sep 21) Personal Genomes: Mainstream In Five Years, But Who Should Have Access?
(Sep 20) Google Wants to Track Your Medical History -- And Your Genome
(Sep 19) Nova Scotia biotech sector has recipe for success [Biotech is a Global Race]
(Sep 18) Dutch Cabinet awards NGI € 271 million ($376 M) to Second phase Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI)
(Sep 17) Chinese scientists will soon complete the first genome atlas of the yellow race
(Sep 17) Perhaps They Should've Called It "One Man's Treasure" DNA
(Sep 14) Stop Calling it Junk!
(Sep 13) Google's Genetic Start-Up [Finally, the "Big One" starts shaking the IT World]
(Sep 11) European Science Foundation Proposes 'Massive' Systems Biology Program; Aebersold's on Board
(Sep 07) Genome 2.0 [Another misnomer. The "Genome" did not change. Genetics (1.0) changed to PostGenetics (2.0)
(Sep 06) Genomic, Proteomic Consortia Join $210M NIH Project Exhorting Interdisciplinary Research [NIH paradigm-shift]
(Sep 05) Are “Ultraconserved” Genetic Elements Really Indispensable? [Or even Darwinism is in Doubt?]
(Sep 03) In the Genome Race, the Sequel Is Personal [Venter presents Personal PostGenetics]
(Sep 01) ENCODE wrapped up early - the 2 years young IPGS calls for PostGenetics 1st World Congress

August, 2007
(31 Aug) A Genome within a Genome: The surprising finding suggests a new mechanism of evolution
(30 Aug) Barnsley's "SuperFractals" - Fractal Transformations; one fractal governing the growth of another fractal
(30 Aug) Gene regulation in humans is closer than expected to simple organisms
(24 Aug) What is a gene, post-ENCODE? History and updated definition [PostGenetics; "Genomics beyond ENCODE"]
(16 Aug) Human Genome Ultraconserved Elements Are Ultraselected
(15 Aug) A neurodegenerative disease is the second disease caused by mutant RNA
(15 Aug) Identification of hundreds of conserved and nonconserved human microRNAs [by computers]
(15 Aug) MIT's MicroRNA 'sponges' could aid cancer studies
(14 Aug) Rosetta Genomics to Develop Microrna-Based Therapy for Infectious Diseases Based on Viral MicroRNA
(10 Aug) Readying to Deploy Dx Products, Rosetta Genomics' CEO Moves to US
(10 Aug) Alnylam Seals $330M RNAi IP Deal, $42.5M Investment with Roche
(03 Aug) Biotechnology - Planet’s Next Big Opportunity
(03 Aug) [Big Pharma] Intellectual Propery Rights' Changes in China

July, 2007
(31 Jul) Duke to Create Systems Biology Center Through $14.5M NIGMS Grant
(26 Jul) Brain Cells Need MicroRNA To Survive [more precisely, to develop]
(22 Jul) Is most of our DNA really rubbish?... ["Oh, no", dear Dr. Ohno]
(19 Jul) MicroRNA Regulates Psoriasis [PostGenetic Medicine will improve your quality of life]
(14 Jul) Punctuating the book of life
(10 Jul) Roche Acquires Alnylam Lab to Build RNAi Excellence Center; Buys Stake and Forges Alliance
(10 Jul) Framing the debate about Junk DNA
(09 Jul) Junk and genomes in The Scientist [What's the new frame of Genomics? - AJP]
(08 Jul) From Genes to Energy [skipping "Junk"?]
(08 Jul) Genetic Engineers Who Don’t Just Tinker
(05 Jul) Junk Worth Keeping [Editor of "The Scientist" on Ohno and PostGenetics]
(03 Jul) A Challenge to Gene Theory, a Tougher Look at Biotech
(01 Jul) Bike guy at the controls ["How will 'beyond the genes' play in Peoria?"]

June, 2007
(30 Jun) Obituary of Junk DNA as a scientific term (1972-2007)
(30 Jun) Few genes underlie most microRNAs [microRNA self-similarity]
(29 Jun) New genome transplantation technique works in bacteria, and could ultimately enable synthetic biology
(28 Jun) A vision for the convergence of synthetic biology and nanotechnology
(24 Jun) DNA barcodes suggest fractal nature of genome
(22 Jun) Genes, move over: DNA Study forces rethink of what it means to be a Gene
(21 Jun) Really New Advances (RNA)
(18 Jun) Non-Gene Diseases
(13 Jun) "Junk DNA" isn't Junk [NIH becomes second after IPGS to formally abandon this "scientific term"]
(13 Jun) Blogging ENCODE [The Scientist]
(08 Jun) Venter Institute Claims Patent on Synthetic Life
(07 Jun) [Junk] DNA In Sperm Altered By Cigarette Smoke, Genetic Damage Could Pass To Offspring
(01 Jun) Genome of DNA Pioneer Is Deciphered ["Deciphered" - NO. Personal PostGenetics - YES]

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Archive of January - May, 2007
(31 May) Humans have a bit of shark in them
(30 May) Researchers discover gene essencial to cerebellum formation
(25 May) Astrophysicists Find Fractal Image Of Sun's 'Storm Season' Imprinted On Solar Wind
(23 May) How Google wants to know everything about you [Searching in your Junk?
(17 May) Genome Is Larger and More Complex Compared to Fruit Fly and Mosquito Species That Carries Malaria
(15 May) Rosetta Genomics Receives First Ever Patent Supporting MicroRNA-Based Diagnostics and Therapeutics
(12 May) [Viral microRNA] - Cancer Virus' Genetic Targets Identified
(11 May) Is the universe a fractal? [With the DNA no exception to the universe? - AJP]
(10 May) Opossum Provides Insight into Human Evolution
(08 May) [Los Alamos] Genome Institute Reaches Milestone with a Mighty Microbe [to neutralize Uranium pollution]
(02 May) The Next Human Genome Project: Our Microbes [MetaGenomics and PostGenetics; Common computer algorithms]

April, 2007
(30 Apr) MicroRNA found in unicellular organism
(28 Apr) Mouse microRNA knockout uncovers critical roles in immune system
(26 Apr) Japanese Tohoku University International Innovation Forum in Silicon Valley, California
(25 Apr) Cure for Alzheimer's: Japanese Vaccine Works On Mice
(24 Apr) [Eric Mathur] named vice president of the J. Craig Venter Co. [La Jolla]
(23 Apr) 'Junk' DNA now looks like powerful regulator, Stanford researcher finds
(20 Apr) Could US scientists get EU funding?
(20 Apr) MicroRNAs Debut [at NIH] as Key Actors in Health and Disease
(14 Apr) Genomicists Tackle the Primate Tree
(12 Apr) J. Craig Venter Institute Announces Management Team and Organizational Structure
(12 Apr) Internationally Known Scientist [Claire Fraser-Liggett] to Head Institute of Genome Sciences at [University of Maryland] School of Medicine
(10 Apr) Scientists reveal structure of gateways to gene control
(05 Apr) Is Biology Reducible to the Laws of Physics? [Philosophy of PostGenetics is to come]
(02 Apr) Trillion-dollar prize turns dotcom into watt-com
(02 Apr) 'Junk DNA' Offers Up Prostate Cancer Clues
(02 Apr) Cancer epigenomics: DNA methylomes and histone-modification maps

2006 < To access archived news click on year
December, 2006
(30 Dec) Areas to Watch in 2007 [for "Top 10 of Science", Whole-genome association studies]
(29 Dec) Sirna shareholders approve $1.1 billion sale of company to Merck
(28 Dec) Minute manipulations [piRNA in "Top 10" of Science in 2006]
(22 Dec) Ancient Noncoding Elements Conserved in the Human Genome
(21 Dec) And in the beginning was RNA
(15 Dec) Repetitive Elements Round Up
(15 Dec) Korea to Invest $14 Billion in Biotech
(13 Dec) A Cryptologist Takes a Crack at Deciphering DNA’s Deep Secrets
(12 Dec) Genome scientist knows himself inside out
(09 Dec) What will be the biggest benefit from mapping human genome?
(08 Dec) Peering Into The Shadow World Of RNA
November, 2006
(28 Nov) Venter hopes to develop drugs from ocean microbes [Scripps, San Diego]
(27 Nov) New Technology Used To Construct First Map Of Structural Variation In Human Genome
(26 Nov) Junk DNA in Y-chromosome control functions
(23 Nov) New diversity discovered in human genome [welcome again to PostGenetics...]
(23 Nov) The Discovery of DNA variability
(22 Nov) DNA methylation profiling of human chromosomes 6, 20 and 22
(21 Nov) NLM Awards $75M for Biomedical Informatics Training Programs
(19 Nov) Taking 'chips' to the next level of [non]-gene hunting
(17 Nov) God vs. Science [article on Junk or article permitting junk?]
(16 Nov) RNA polymerase III transcribes human microRNAs [FractoGem-s are miR-acle sites?]
(08 Nov) TCAG - The Institute for Genomic Research, Venter Institute, Venter Science Foundation Consolidate
(05 Nov) Study to genotype six common ["junk DNA"] diseases
(02 Nov) MIT's anti-microbial 'grammar' posits new language of healing
October, 2006
(31 Oct) Human Epigenome Project generates DNA methylation profiles of three chromosomes
(30 Oct) MicroRNA evolution put to the test
(27 Oct) Genetic Repair Mechanism Clears The Way For Sealing DNA Breaks
(25 Oct) NSF awards UGA $4.1 million grant to study so-called 'jumping genes' in maize
(12 Oct) International PostGenetics Society European Inaugural
(05 Oct) Broad Institute to study causes of cancer as part of $100 million award
(04 Oct) Time Aping over Human-Chimp Genetic Similarities
(03 Oct) Nobel in Medicine 2006 - for the discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA
(03 Oct) The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2006 is awarded to Roger Kornberg
September, 2006
(28 Sep) Cancer Research UK: 'Junk’ RNA could help halt development of cancer
(26 Sep) Implications of fractal organization of DNA on disease risk genomic mapping and immune function analysis
(23 Sep) RNA-what's next? [Tip of a very big iceberg]
(22 Sep) IBM & Genome Institute of Singapore Collaboration May Lead to Better Understanding of Cell Process Regulation
(21 Sep) Genome encodes a hidden RNA regulatory system that controls differentiation and development
(20 Sep) After the Genome [in PostGenetics, "sand dunes" of "junk DNA" are beneath waterline...FractoGem peaks emerging...]
(12 Sep) PostGenetics "housekeeping" announcements
(11 Sep) Sheep need retroviruses for reproduction
(09 Sep) The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
(01 Sep) Human Evolution: The More the Merrier [Journalists, too, may wish to think outside the box]
(01 Sep) What’s Shaped Like a Pear and Has Two Genomes? Check The Pond. [For "junk" DNA - Check the source]
August, 2006
(31 Aug) Variability in SNCA associated with increased risk of Parkinson's. [A FractoGem of SNCA]
(22 Aug) NHGRI Grants $54 M for "In Toto" Genomic Analysis
(16 Aug) Region of DNA strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease [clue of Alz may lie in the "junk"]
(16 Aug) Sequencing the Seven Seas - "Google for Genomics"
(16 Aug) Research finds 'unique human DNA' [clue to being human may lie in the "junk"]
(15 Aug) RNA translation misfolding proteins
(08 Aug) Non-coding RNA in the nervous system
(05 Aug) Sinking the Iceberg: GOOGLE Genomics?
July, 2006
(31 Jul) Rosetta Genomics signs agreement with Max Planck Society [short sequences are a goldmine]
(28 Jul) Beyond Genetics - Nucleosomes; sequence repeats and DNA binding with proteins are established facts
(19 Jul) Venture capitalists awash with cash -- may soon beg you to take some
(19 Jul) The Quest for the $1,000 Human Genome [Venter or Watson? Private business or Government? competition is nice]
(14 Jul) Craig Venter plans to publish the entire code of his own DNA
(13 Jul) The Biggest DNA Ever Made
(12 Jul) Photoshop For DNA
(09 Jul) Down syndrome traced to one gene [FractoGem emerges!]
(04 Jul) How did all this junk get here anyway?
June, 2006
(27 Jun) RNAi Gene silencing causes marked behavior changes, may help map brain circuitry
(27 Jun) Epigenomics and Sanger Institute Release First Results from Human Epigenome Project [Methylated DNA sites and PostGene Discovery]
(26 Jun) DNA or RNA? Versatile Player Takes a Leading Role in Molecular Research
(17 Jun) New class of small RNAs found
(15 Jun) Live From Nanobusiness 2006: Synthetic Genomics and the "Triple Helix"
(14 Jun) Rosetta Genomics buys rights to Rockefeller U MicroRNA [Cornering the junk-market on the cheap]
(13 Jun) Nutrigenomics may have go-go potential [It is not so much the Junk Food - it is rather the 'Junk' DNA]
(12 Jun) FractoGem of Alzheimer's
(07 Jun) * NEWSFLASH * FractoGem-s Found in DNA of 3 Human Non-coding DNA Diseases
May, 2006
(30 May) FractoGem Found in California - A Gem in Junk DNA
(30 May) Essential genes of a minimal bacterium [How about "Essential PostGenes"?]
(25 May) Integrating artificial life with synthetic biology [life without non-coding DNA?]
(25 May) A new code for life [Artificial genome?]
(29 May) Grandpa! Leave that chimp alone! Who knows what it might lead to?
(26 May) FractoGem found in California! [Full material of Press Release submitted]
(26 May) Blood disease caused by SNP-built promoter
(22 May) FractoGem-s Identified in both non-human and homo sapiens DNA [Press release bullet points]
(15 May) Watch for announcement of a major development regarding "Pyknons and FractoGene"
(14 May) Bird Flu Fatality in Humans Climbs to 64%, Virus Spreads [Any computational approaches to better prepare?]
(10 May) "Junk" RNA regulates important cellular processes ["Methylation Prediction of FractoGene" is indirectly confirmed]
(09 May) Learning The Language Of DNA [Transcriptomes, Pseudogenes; where is the Algorithm?]
(08 May) MICROSOFT Forges BioIT Alliance [Welcome Bill Gates to the "Big One" in Genomics]
(07 May) IBM System Blue Gene Solution [IBM hardware in the"Big One" in Genomics]
(06 May) SUN Discovery Cluster [SUN hardware in the "Big One" in Genomics]
(05 May) NIH $71M Over 5 Yrs for Genetics of Rare Diseases [PostGenetics of Too Frequent Diseases]
(04 May) TraceSearch - 100-fold faster DNA sequence search engine ["Coming 'GOOGLE' algorithm disruption of Genomics"]
(02 May) Oxidation drives SNPs, recombination [don't let your DNA go to junkyard, you need a non-random antioxidant diet]
April, 2006
(28 Apr) Moore Foundation-funded link of UCSD and VENTER Institute [Big IT bites into Genomics, next round]
(24 Apr) IBM seeks treasure in 'junk DNA' [IBM found repetitions - GOOGLE might search by the algorithm of patterns & silencing]
(21 Apr) Of cod and code [It is fishy to say "To code or not to code - that is the (IT) question"]
(20 Apr) Counting the dead [Lesson of Chernobyl 20 years ago: 'Junk DNA' Minisatellites mutated]
(18 Apr) Genome scan pinpoints common obesity factor [Junk Food or Junk DNA?]
(10 Apr) PERLEGEN files for IPO; Seeks to raise up to $115 M [Junk DNA Intellectual Property question]
(10 Apr) Victoria, Australia and VENTER INSTITUTE join for whole genome sequencing. [Juan Enriquez was right]
(06 Apr) GOOGLE accused of biopiracy [New type of DNA dabase needed: safedna.com]
(05 Apr) HHMI Investigators J. Steitz and R. Evans Awarded [Gairdner prize for 'JunkDNA']
(02 Apr) Scientists in the making bag laurels [from DuPONT Student prize towards Nobel in 'JunkDNA']
(02 Apr) Matt Ridely: Selfish DNA [of Richard Dawkins] and the junk in the genome
(02 Apr) Antifreeze fish make sense out of junk DNA
March, 2006
(27 Mar) AFFYMETRIX new ChIP-on-Chip array; Tools for DNA-Protein interactions [Bingo; Methylation Prediction of FractoGene]
(26 Mar) Regulatory DNAs may be missed [without new tools for PostGene Discovery]
(24 Mar) Junk DNA may not be so junky after all [Zebrafish is a great PostGene discovery platform, but where are the tools?]
(22 Mar) Loveable rogue, or selfish killer? [The Selfish PostGenes are to be found by "Methylation Prediction"]
(20 Mar) Justices reach put to consider patent case [The question is not if IP has value - the question is the limit of value]
(14 Mar) GTG reports breakthrough in the genetic basis of drug addiction [the new definition of "Junkie"]
(12 Mar) Differences between chimps and man lie in fraction of code ["Probably the biggest aboutface in the history"]
(10 Mar) Most human-chimp differences due to gene regulation - not genes [Platforms of liver and perhaps the brain?]
(09 Mar) Time for a human interactome project? [www, re-visited]
(06 Mar) J. Craig Venter: He might change the world [which World?]
(05 Mar) Advances in aging research [The limit of information for life]
February, 2006
(28 Feb) Non-coding RNA vital vor gene activation and protein expression [PostGene sets found for differentiation]
(27 Feb) ISIS - ROSETTA Collaboration for micro-RNA therapies for liver cancer [Next PostGene Disease & Next Business Model]
(25 Feb) [continued...] A question for 150,000 diseases - Parkinson's is a good example
(24 Feb) Michael J. Fox: Welcoming remarks at inaugural World Parkinson Congress [to be continued...]
(22 Feb) Unlocking the secrets of longevity genes [How big is your 'season ticket' to life?]
(19 Feb) Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Forms $200 Million Pandemic and Bio Defense Fund [PostGenentech or Manhattan Project?]
(19 Feb) Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Forms $600 M Fund, $100 M Greentech Initiative [KPCB throws in close to a Billion in 3 funds]
(14 Feb) COMPUGEN Announces In-Silico Protein Discovery from ''Junk DNA'' [PostGene Discovery at work]
(08 Feb) NIH 2 Initiatives for Genetic Causes of Disease; PFIZER & AFFY [The PostGenetics Avalanche has started]
(07 Feb) Scientists Sort Through 'Junk' to Unravel a Genetic Mystery [New York Times - PostGenetic Medicine]
(02 Feb) PostGenetic Information Technology & Intellectual Property [Articles on Venter/Genentech/Microsoft/Google/UCSD/Affymetrix, GTG]
(01 Feb) PostGenetic Medicine [Neurological and cardiovascular diseases and CArG box]
January, 2006
(31 Jan) Missing steps of jumping-gene replication discovered
(26 Jan) Olympics time? Try Little Italy [NBC TV: According to the research, you are half a banana]
(26 Jan) Changing of the guard as UQ Institute reaches maturity [Mattick resigns in order to challenge the dogma of "Junk" DNA]
(24 Jan) New Affymetrix Tiling Arrays DeliverView of Entire Genomes; Experiments Using GeneChip Microarrays Challenge ''Junk'' DNA
(24 Jan) Are chimps our second cousins? [A science issue is dangerously neglected]
(19 Jan) Tiny RNA molecules fine-tune the brain's synapses - A new mechanism for regulating brain function
(18 Jan) Science Matters: The ups and downs of evolution [PostGenetics; the Science and Medicine of non-coding DNA]
(18 Jan) GOOGLE and Venter Mum on Collaboration Reports
(13 Jan) Taylor & Francis publishes Experimental Evidence Supporting Algorithmic PostGene Theory [FractoGene].
(12 Jan) "PostGenetics" (Journal of IPGS) is planned to be launched with European Inaugural of IPGS
(12 Jan) CETT Program in U.S. for rare genetic diseases [Proposal for "Congressional Lobby Activity on PostGenetic Medicine by IPGS"]
(08 Jan) The Big One [Steve Jurvetson of DFJ funds $ 30 M to Craig Venter's Synthetic Genomics - 30 December, 2005]
(07 Jan) "Ultraconserved elements [UE]" - "Disease Gene Conserved Sequence Tags" [DG-CST]" - "Transposon-free regions [TFR]" - "FractoGene BrowserBook" [FractoGene] - "PostGene Diseases" [PGD]
(07 Jan) Evo-devo next big thing, not intelligent design
(03 Jan) Non-obviousness of "junk" DNA theory - and inventory as 2006 starts
(03 Jan) Origin of a big idea [with small evidence...]

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2005 < To access archived news click on year
December, 2005
(31 Dec) Biotechnology bucks the market trend [the "Big Picture" of 2005]
(30 Dec) 2005 ends with a flurry of deals, positioning for the emerging disruptive PostGenetics business
(29 Dec) Perlegen, Pfizer Pen Four-Year PGx Partnership; Deal Covers IP Rights, Research Payments ["Bidding war" in the offing?]
(28 Dec) Pfizer Buys $ 50 M Stake in Perlegen; 12-Percent Ownership Could Grow If IPO Launched
(27 Dec) Banned in biology [Welcoming Bill Gates]
(24 Dec) Role of MicroRNA Identified In Thyroid Cancer ["PostGenes, PostGene Diseases, PostGenetic Medicine"]
(23 Dec) Cedars-Sinai researchers demonstrate a new way to switch therapeutic genes 'on' and 'off [PostGenetic Medicine is just a turn-on?]
(25 Dec) Breakthrough of the Year [of 1859]: Evolution in Action [What is news? Dog Bites Man, or "Man Bites Dog"?]
(23 Dec) Evolution in Action Highlighted in Science’s "Breakthrough of the Year" [of 1859]
(19 Dec) Civilisation has left its mark on our genes [correction, on human Genome]
(17 Dec) Probing Connection Between Regulatory DNA And Disease [ NEW TOOLS ARE NEEDED]
(19 Dec) GTG/GENE stock holds steady - what's next?
(16 Dec) Plan matures for partner to genome quest. Forget mutations: geneticists are hunting for subtler changes to DNA [Methylation].
(16 Dec) Genetic wins little fight over DNA work ["Junk" DNA is cheap or it is still an incredible bargain?]
(15 Dec) GTG Provides Further Details of the Settlement with Applera
(14 Dec) New Effort Aims to Unlock Secrets of Cancer Genes ["Don't blame me, I joined 'PostGenetics', focusing on 'Junk DNA' diseases"]
(13 Dec) [Hold it! - there is more to 'Junk DNA Industry'. Further announcement regarding GTG / APPLERA settlement]
(12 Dec) [Now it is official - The "Junk DNA Intellectual Property value proposition is forever validated"]
(10 Dec) [Half a Billion Dollars from Bill Gates for] Anti-Malaria Donation [Maybe software would help more directly?]
(09 Dec) Barking up new trees in search for cures [ALERT! The secret of your illness may well be in the 'junk' DNA"]
(09 Dec) Veil of secrecy "costs" GTG/GENE a 10% drop in stock price on a single day
(08 Dec) Man's best friend shares most genes with humans: [Triple whammy - time sobering up!]
(06 Dec) 'Junk DNA' Stock of GTG [NYSE symbol "GENE"] jumps 8.47% on a single day anticipating settlement tomorrow
(05 Dec) Further Update regarding Applera Dispute - [Court allows one more workday to settle with "GENE"]
(01 Dec) Startup Haplomics to Muscle In on Gene-Testing Market
(01 Dec) MicroRNA may have fail-safe role in limb development
(01 Dec) SETI and Intelligent Design
(01 Dec) Treasures in the Trash [Forbes Magazine]
November, 2005
(28 Nov) The elusive fountain of youth
(27 Nov) Rosetta Genomics' Isaac Bentwich: "Dark DNA" may be even more important than active genes in causing disease
(25 Nov) The earliest animals had human-like genes
(24 Nov) GTG and APPLERA ask Court time till 5th of December to finalize Junk DNA patent settlement
(19 Nov) Oops - the price of junkDNA just took off ... "junk DNA" is the word ...
(11 Nov) Further update regarding 'Junk DNA on Wall Street' (GTG settles with Applera) - an analysis
(09 Nov) JunkDNA made it to Wall Street - GTG earmarked to escalate to a $ 2 Billion business alone
(07 Nov) "Stipulated Revised Case Schedule and Order" on GTG website GTG, Applera Look to Be Nearing Settlement
(02 Nov) The American Heart Association donated about $1.23 M to fund University projects
October, 2005
(27 Oct) NHGRI's Collins Says US Must Launch Its Own Biobanking Project
(27 Oct) The Role of Junk DNA in Social Behavior
(20 Oct) Study: Junk DNA is critically important
(17 Oct) METHYLATION HYPOTHESIS OF FRACTOGENE;Predictive Scientific Theories on the Function of 'junk DNA'
(17 Oct) "Taxpayer Alert": Large-scale Sequencing Research Network Sets Its Sights On Disease Targets
(12 Oct) Smoking chimps show similarities to humans
(05 Oct) The greatest discovery of all time ("ET joins ED")
(04 Oct) Harmful Mutations Selectively Eliminated
September, 2005
(28 Sep) Experimental support of the FIRST PREDICTION OF "FRACTOGENE accepted for publication (in Press)
(26 Sep) New Analyses Bolster Central Tenets of Evolution Theory
"You only believe theories when they make predictions confirmed by scientific evidence"
(26 Sep) NIH Launches Program to Study Genetics and Genomics of Xenopus
(26 Sep) Search for genetic origins of disease
(23 Sep) There is more to non-coding DNA than meets the eye
(13 Sep) Rosetta Genomics raises $ 6 M in fourth round
(05 Sep) Importance of 'junk' DNA found
(05 Sep) Junk RNA Begins To Yield Its Secrets
August, 2005
(31 Aug) Scientists find chimps, people are 96 percent identical; San Jose Mercury News
(31 Aug) 'Life code' of chimps laid bare: BBC
(31 Aug) What does the fact that we share 95 percent of our genes with the chimpanzee mean? Sci. Am.
(31 Aug) Sisters under the skin; The Economist
(31 Aug) Study_compares_human_and_chimpanzee_DNA; Nature News
(31 Aug) Reading the chimp book of life; BBC
(31 Aug) Scientists find missing links in chimp genome; Guardian
(19 Aug) Genetic Efficiency and the Carbon Cycle; New Scientist
July, 2005
(30 Jul) Newsweek on JunkDNA
(14 Jul) Genomics study highlights the importance of junk DNA in higher eukaryotes
(04 Jul) The most successful business model of California Gold Rush - *toolmaking*
June, 2005
(29 Jun) Venter launches Synthic Genomics; Bacterium to generate hydrogen
(23 Jun) Junk DNA on National Television - "Extra DNA Makes Voles Faithful"
(21 Jun) Rosetta Genomics identifies hundreds of novel human microRNAs
(20 Jun) Founders of "The Human Genome Project" are ready to "re-thinking it all"... The Uncertain Future for Central Dogma
(16 Jun) The Economist: Helpful junk
(16 Jun) Rodent Social Behavior Encoded in Junk DNA
May, 2005
(31 May) Affy to Buy ParAllele for $ 120 M in Stock; Deal Expected to Close in Q3
(31 May) Agilent, Rosetta Biosoftware to Integrate Gene Expression Analysis Software
(27 May) Biochemistry Graduate Student Receives UCR Award for Outstanding Research
(30 May) Israel’s Rosetta Genomics - Cracking the RNA Code
(25 May) Agilent to Acquire Informatics Company Scientific Software for Undisclosed Amount
(22 May) Israel's Rosetta Genomics - cracking the RNA code
(18 May) Debating the Merits of Intelligent Design
(18 May) Gene researchers find variations by ancestry
February, 2005
(14 Feb) New Theory of Life's Digital Complexity
(07 Feb) Power tools for the gene age - Affymetrix chips digging deeper into the genome
January, 2005
(27 Jan) Scientists Find Genome Structure Responsible for Gene Activation
(20 Jan) Highly Conserved Non-Coding Sequences [Submitted by IPGS Founder M. Achiriloaie]
(19 Jan) Scientists Decipher Genome Of Bacterium That Helps Clean Up Major Groundwater Pollutants
(14 Jan) Study finds more than one-third of human genome regulated by RNA [Affymetrix]
(14 Jan) Fujitsu BioSciences Licencses BioMedCAChe to GPC Biotech; New Version Due This Quarter
(07 Jan) Pharmacogenomics to Benefit from Steven Burrill's New $ 300 M - $ 500 M Life Sciences Venture Capital Fund
(05 Jan) Agilent Acquires Computational Biology in Bid to Expand Microarray Platform
(07 Jan) Pufferfish genome clue to human and animal development
(05_Jan) Affy Says Sales Surpassed $100 M in Q4 '04, a 17-Percent Increase
(05 Jan) Shares in Affymetrix Jump 6.95 % on News of Record Sales Growth

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2004 - 1972 archive < To access archived news click here
December, 2004
(31 Dec) "Junk DNA":Top 10 Science Discoveries - 2004 Science Magazine
(28 Dec) Top 10 Science stories, 2004 ["Junk DNA" "shapes the coding for protein production"]
(27 Dec) Sun Gives Grid Cluster to India Institute of Bioinformatics
(27 Dec) Researchers Shed Light On Intron Evolution
(13 Dec) In our Post Gene Era a clear emphasis is put on Information Technology [see Pellionisz-Simons]
(13 Dec) Allen Institute Debuts 'Google for Gene Activity' [$ 100 M]
(10 Dec) DVD: "Junk DNA is not JUNK" [Creationism]
(05 Dec) The Sunday Times - Britain's 10 M Pounds - Chicken genes help crack the dinosaur code
(05 Dec) Tiny microbes make us who we are, scientist says
(04 Dec) Complete chicken genome map revealed [comments by Malcolm J. Simons, IPGS Honorary Chairman]
November, 2004
(26 Nov) German Research Foundation to Fund Collaborative Genomics Project [$ 490 M]
(26 Nov) The Government Funding Dam broke; NSF, NIH programs
(20 Nov) Human gene number slashed [to 20,000]
(15 Nov) Agilent and ExonHit Partner to Develop Microarray for Splice Variants
(11 Nov) Research effort seeks A's to gene expression Q's [Perlegen and J&J]
(03 Nov) US genetics win a shot in the arm [GTG vs. Applera]
October, 2004
(22 Oct) Affymetrix Launches Encode Array to Uncover Hidden Function of Human Genome
(20 Oct) Golden DNA goose [Rosetta Genomics, Israel]
(20 Oct) Mice do fine without 'junk DNA' [Questioned by Haussler, Pellionisz, Simons]
(20 Oct) Fish Tales Solve Genetic Puzzles [Fugu]
(11 Oct) 'Junk' DNA may be very valuable to embryos
(03 Oct) Doctor's race against time [Malcolm J. Simons' GTG and Haplomics patents]
(01 Oct) The Hidden Genetic Program of Complex Organisms [Mattick, Sci. Am.]
September, 2004
(29 Sep) New research shows plants can shuffle and paste gene pieces to generate genetic diversity
(15 Sep) Human chromosome 5 sequence analysis released.Disease genes,regulator elements populate terrai
(02 Sep) Glowing Green Proves Darwin Theory
June, 2004
(29 Jun) Newborn Introns [contributed by IPGS Honorary Chairman Malcolm Simons]
(22 Jun) The Scientist : Lab mouse genome isn't simple
(02 Jun) Junk DNA regulates neighboring gene [contributed by Steve Jurvetson, DFJ]
2003
(10 Oct) The 64-Bit Question
2002
(21 Nov) Junk DNA Revisited. Silicon Valley startup claims to have unlocked a key to its hidden language
(03 Sep) FractoGene patent on mathematical language of genetic code
2001
(16 Feb) The news that shocked the world: We have only about twice as many genes as your average fruit fly
1987
(1987) "Junk DNA" can not be "Junk" - a challenge to Dogmatic Darwinism (Malcolm Simons, 1987)
1972
(1972) Origin of the term "Junk DNA" (Dr. Susumu Ohno, 1972)

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