Computer scientist Abhradeep Guha Thakurta has won NSF funding to investigate ways to protect the privacy of individuals while allowing access to large genomic data sets September 11, 2018 By Tim Stephens Rapidly growing databases of human genome sequences represent a...
Robert L. Sinsheimer May, 1985. | Genomics. Volume 5, Issue 4, November 1989, Pages 954-956. The Santa Cruz Workshop in May 1985 resulted from the convergence of several lines of thought. The first complete genome to be sequenced was that of the bacterial virus ¢Xl 74...
“RNA sequencing is one of the most direct and unambiguous ways to measure the state of living cells. Native RNA sequencing of the type performed by Astronaut Arnold on the ISS is particularly exciting because it preserves information about nucleotide...
Pygmy population near cave where Homo floresiensis fossils were found appears to have evolved short stature independently from the mysterious ancient hominins August 02, 2018 By Tim Stephens A fossil skeleton found in a cave on Flores Island, Indonesia, in 2004 turned...
June 5, 2018 by Dr. Francis Collins | NIH In seeking the biological answer to the question of what it means to be human, the brain’s cerebral cortex is a good place to start. This densely folded, outer layer of grey matter, which is vastly larger in Homo sapiens than...
