DNA is the blueprint of all life, giving instruction and function to organisms ranging from simple one-celled bacteria to complex human beings. Now Northwestern University researchers report they have used DNA as the blueprint, contractor and construction worker to build a three-dimensional structure out of gold, a lifeless material.
Using just one kind of nanoparticle (gold) the researchers
From Medgadget:
The fact that DNA molecules can potentially be used as nanowires and nanotransistors in DNA-based computers has already been profiled on our pages before. Now a group from Caltech has synthesized a molecular structure, designed from single and double-stranded pieces
DNA isolated from the blood, hair, skin cells, etc is used to identify individuals. The difference in the sequence of the base pairs helps to detect the nature of the crime and the criminals.Forensic scientists scan 13 DNA regions and use the data to create a DNA profile of that individual. Some of the DNA technologies used in forensic investigations are; Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFPL), PCR analysis, Mitochondrial DNA analysis, Y-chromosome analysis.The crime investigation scenario has tremendously changed with the arrival of DNA technology.The titles published under the National Institute of Science and Media have information on the latest applications of biotechnology and other branches of science.Joel Ball, is the lead author on biotechnology and various science subjects under the NISM name.
DNA isolated from the blood, hair, skin cells, etc is used to identify individuals. The difference in the sequence of the base pairs helps to detect the nature of the crime and the criminals.Forensic scientists scan 13 DNA regions and use the data to create a DNA profile of that individual. Some of the DNA technologies used in forensic investigations are; Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFPL), PCR analysis, Mitochondrial DNA analysis, Y-chromosome analysis.The crime investigation scenario has tremendously changed with the arrival of DNA technology.The titles published under the National Institute of Science and Media have information on the latest applications of biotechnology and other branches of science. Joel Ball, is the lead author on biotechnology and various science subjects under the NISM name.
DNA desfasoara in prezent o actiune, in care sunt cercetati: Ion si Victori Becali, George Cops, Mihai Stoica, Jean Padureanu, Cristian Borcea si altii. Acuzatiile aduse sunt de inselaciune, evaziune fiscala si spalare de bani. Una dintre metodele folosite de acestia era, sa declare o suma mult mai mica decat cea incasata din tranzactionarea jucatorilor. [...]
A new DNA-based research by biologists would help to determine the vulnerability of cods to future global warming by finding out their location during the
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Depending on who you talk to, Service Orientation is either the biggest disruptive innovation in software, or merely a rerun of object-oriented programming and development. Whatever the perspective, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is heavily promoted as the way forward for...
Mr. G to me this afternoon asking me if I wanted to have sex, "Come on, Honey, I'll fuck the crabbiness right out of you." Who could resist such a romantic request? Besides, I was more than happy to let him give it his best shot.
Does EU need 'blue card'?The EU is set to unveil its version of the US Green Card - a Blue Card targeting skilled immigrants. Is it necessary?EU proposes 'blue card' to attract skilled immigrants European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana...
Biologist James Watson, winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize for his role in discovering the double-helix structure of DNA, is apparently a racist idiot. Click-through to full article here.Watson apologized profusely yesterday for a statement that he made in which he insinuated that black people were not as intelligent as white people. He went on to say that he was "mortified" by public reaction to his comments and that he "cannot understand how (he) could have said what (he is) quoted as having said." Let's take a look at what he actually said and see if we can help him to understand what passed through those unruly lips of his.In an interview with The Sunday Times, the 79-year-old pair of lips molded the air being passed through them into words that indicated that he was "inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa" because "all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours -- whereas all the testing says not really." Here's a shot of Dr. Watson d
Non si fermano i tentativi di Bram Cohen di mettere a frutto la sua invenzione, il protocollo di trasmissione file denominato "torrent", che negli anni ha preso il sopravvento sul suo creatore ed è diventato uno dei veicoli prediletti dalla pirateria. Ora, dopo la decisione di distribuire video legale dal suo sito, bittorrent.com, ha deciso che metterà al servizio la sua tecnologia, guardata con favore anche da Hollywood, a quanti vogliano fare streaming video.BitTorrent Inc. ha ufficialmente lanciato da pochissimo tempo infatti, un nuovo servizio di streaming P2P che consentirà ai produttori di contenuti di risparmiare parecchia banda. Gli ISP saranno invece meno felici in quanto aumenterà la banda consumata dagli utenti ogniqualvolta scaricano un video: BitTorrent DNA.Lo streaming basato su BitTorrent è un’alternativa rispetto a quello http attualmente usato da moltissimi siti, come ad esempio YouTube. Siccome lo streaming P2P riduce
:: Kommentar gör med fördel på svenska :: THE HOUSE CHURCH is not seldom compared with the cell. This is what ARNE SELANDER says on his site Herden.se - referring to Håkan Sunnliden and Cellkyrkan.nu - in: Cellen - en viktig del av livet (på svenska) REFLECTION What kind of message do you find in comparing the house church with the cell? What is the message to the denominations and traditional churches? Technorati tags: cell DNA -- Andra bloggar om: DNA, cell ::
BBC's Panorama dealt with the DNA database yesterday and this post was intended to be simply a link to the programme - Give us your DNA: Someone is added to the UK DNA database every minute, including people who have not been charged with any offence. And to note that the British database is larger by an order of magnitude than any other in the world - I think it is around 100 times larger (by percentage of the population) than its US equivalent. But I was surprised to learn that two-thirds of the British public is in favour of the project, which stores the DNA of the innocent as well as that of criminals. A specially commissioned opinion poll for Panorama has revealed that two thirds of people would be in favour of a national DNA database. Sixty-six percent of those questioned by ICM said they would approve of a new law requiring all adults to give a sample of their DNA to help with the prevention and detection of crime.>>Technorati tags: DNA; personal information>>IceRocket tags: DNA
The Open Rights Group (ORG) and Sky News both reports calls from "Boffins" (Sky News) or - more precisely, "the Nuffield Council on Bioethics" for a change in the law to stop the police keeping DNA samples from innocent people. As ORG says, The authors emphasised balancing ethical values, such as liberty, autonomy and privacy, against the database’s benefits to law-enforcement. The headlines echo our own submission to the review: Only people convicted of a crime should be permanently recorded, except those charged with serious violent or sexual offences. Police should not be given powers to sample and store DNA, without consent, from people arrested for ‘non-recordable’ offences. Those who volunteer their DNA (e.g. witnesses) should be able to request - without providing a reason - the removal of their DNA. Unless there is a good reason to preserve it, children’s DNA should be removed from the NDNAD on request. Lawyers and juries should be given more help to understand
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Yesterday's news stories on Lord Justice Sedley's suggestion that the state of the UK DNA databases - currently biased against UK ethnic minorities in terms of its coverage - was indefensible and could only be set to rights by including every UK citizen and visitor has raised much debate (he said, mildly). The Guardian headlines 'Anger over call to widen DNA database' and notes that The UK's 12-year-old DNA database has 4m profiles and is the largest in the world, growing by 30,000 samples a month. According to the Home Office website, 5.2% of the UK population is on the database, compared with 0.5% in the USwhile BBC News also has the full story - All UK 'must be on DNA database' - and the World Service's Have Your Say has produced a flurry of responses on the web site.I think we can draw some comfort from the fact - unconsciously echoing my thought, yesterday - that A spokesman for Prime Minister Gordon Brown said to expand the database would create "huge logistical and bureaucrat
OK - I'm back from Africa and back on the case.The Open Rights Group (ORG) began today's post: This morning, the news media are reporting a startling recommendation by one of the UK’s most senior judges: that the Police National DNA Database (NDNAD) should cover every citizen in the UK, and every person who visits the UK. You can listen to Lord Justice Sedley talking with the Information Commissioner on the BBC’s Today programme here.I also heard this longish Today programme item. While - like ORG - I thought that Lord Justice Sedley’s recommendation does highlight the urgent need to address the regulations governing the NDNAD. Currently, DNA records of innocent people, including thousands of children, are kept indefinitely.... I could not believe that he was suggesting that the logical response was to capture the DNA of every citizen of, and visitor to, the UK. Very 'Big Brother'. ORG again: Bioinformation can reveal extremely private information about an individual’s f
Author: Andrew D. Bates, Anthony MaxwellPaperback: 216 pagesPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (March 24, 2005)Language: EnglishISBN: 0198506554(R)DNA as the genetic material is a topic of intense interest in the 21st century with the familiar and iconic Watson-Crick double helix having a vital importance for its function. However, there are further complexities beyond the double helix, including supercoiling, knotting and catenation, that are less widely appreciated and understood but which are critical to its function. This book explains these topological aspects of DNA structure in a clear and approachable style that will be appreciated by both students and researchers interested in DNA structure and function.
Well....this Blog is about money making right ? You want 5,000 ?You can now sell your DNA for $5,000It looks like you can now sell your DNA for at least $5,000 on the site SellMyDNA.com . The company purchasing it is New Line Genetics , and they say they'll use it for obtaining stem cells, and then growing them into replacement organs in the lab.Im going to, despite I need to think about it in the etical point of view..I mean..they can clone me with my Dna, 5,000$ Is a lot of money, enough for me to sustain myself almost one year.PS: dont fall for this they are just adenses sites, this is a bunch of crap but was a very good hilarious ideia =)Gold-Speculator.blogspot.com
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