Topic: Genetics
AP IMPACT: Testing curbs some genetic diseases
AP News
<div id="subtitle">AP IMPACT: Positive eugenics? Gene tests appear to reduce levels of some inherited diseases</div><div><p>Some of mankind's most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are ...
Study shows how viruses changed human evolution
Reuters US Online Report Science News
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Italian scientists said on Friday they had found evidence of how viruses helped change the course of human evolution and said their discovery could help in the design of better drugs and vaccines.</p><p>They found more ...
U.S. company Virxsys says using AIDS to fight AIDS
Reuters US Online Report Health News
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A company using genetically engineered versions of the AIDS virus says its unusual approach is getting some results, both for treating and perhaps as a vaccine against the virus.</p><p>Maryland-based Virxsys Corp said tests on monkeys ...
Archbishop Tutu's DNA helps show African diversity
AP News
<div id="subtitle">With help from Archbishop Tutu's DNA, scientists show wide genetic variation among Africans</div><div><p>Scientists who decoded the DNA of some southern Africans have found striking new evidence of the genetic diversity on that continent, and ...
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