The discovery of the DNA double helix 60 years ago proved to be a headache for the Nobel organization as the feat became nominated for prizes in different categories at the same time, Nature reported on Wednesday.
2013/4/26 |
Fainting may be in our genes, which may explain why keeling over at the sight of blood tends to run in families, according to researchers in Australia.
2013/4/21 |
Scientists said Sunday they had found mutations in 26 genes that may cause oesophageal cancer, a breakthrough they hope will lead to new drugs for the deadly and increasingly frequent disease.
2013/3/26 |
Researchers in Japan have moved one step closer to clinical trials using adult stem cells in a therapy they hope will prove a cure for common sight problems, an official said Thursday.
2013/2/15 |
A day after an exhaustive national report on cancer found the United States is making only slow progress against the disease, one of the country's most iconic — and iconoclastic — scientists weighed in on “the war against cancer.” And he does not like what he sees.
2013/1/10 |
Gene detectives on Sunday said they had pinpointed how a hospital superbug arose in North America in the early 2000s and spread to Europe before becoming a source of global concern.
2012/12/11 |
Up to 100,000 Britons suffering from cancer and rare diseases are to have their genetic codes fully sequenced and mapped as part of government plans to build a DNA database to boost drug discovery and development.
2012/12/11 |
Around a hundred residents from Kouhu Township (口湖鄉) in Yunlin County protested in front of the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) in Taipei yesterday about a plan to install undersea cables between Yunlin and Penghu County.
2012/11/30 |
Researchers are reporting a key advance in using stem cells to repair hearts damaged by heart attacks. In a study, stem cells donated by strangers proved as safe and effective as patients' own cells for helping restore heart tissue.
2012/11/7 |
Dutch biotech company uniQure said Monday it would start selling the first human gene therapy to be approved in the West by mid-2013 and predicted an explosion of similar therapies to come.
2012/11/7 |


