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Genomics — the study of organisms in terms of their DNA sequences, or 'genomes' — is revolutionising practices based on how living organisms behave, from diagnosing and treating disease, to developing new foods.
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Opinions and Analysis
The Cartagena Protocol: the debate goes on
Tewolde Egziabher and other SciDev.Net readers join the debate on the relevance of the UN biodiversity convention's Cartagena Protocol on genetically modified organisms.
12 May 2006
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Feeding the 600 million: the next step for genomics?
Peter Raven and colleagues argue that it is time to sequence the genome of cassava, a crop vital to the health and livelihoods of half a billion people.
30 January 2006
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Source: Science
Pharmacogenetics need to go under the microscope
15 December 2005
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South African bioscience needs cash injection
18 October 2005
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Source: Cape Times
News and Features
Typhoid sequence 'will aid control strategies'
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the typhoid-fever causing bacterium, which could revolutionise public health approaches.
Scientists tackle DNA barcoding 'resistance'
Scientists are proposing a set of guidelines to tackle developing countries' resistance to take up DNA barcoding for biodiversity mapping.
Genomic medicine sector 'needs government backing'
26 June 2008
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Information Services
China's Olympian pollution problem
Beijing's air pollution monitoring will be watched during the Olympics and beyond
Kidney disease baffles Sri Lanka doctors
An epidemic of kidney disease among farming communities is puzzling Sri Lankan researchers
