50 years to write the book of life - now we can start to read the text

Article Abstract:

An examination of the breakthroughs that have flowed in the 50 years since the structure of DNA was discovered. It is argued that for the first three decades following the discovery of DNA's structure in 1953, there was no discernable impact of this discovery on anything remotely relevant to the practice of medicine, and it is only since the early-1970s that methodological advances come far together to enable the medical promises of DNA.

Analysis, Technology application, Genetic research

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Spot the species difference

Article Abstract:

An overview of the work being done by Paul Hebert, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Guelph, into species identification. Hebert's research is based on the idea of providing truly objective species classification through the analysis of DNA.

Canada, Genetic aspects, Taxonomy (Biology), Biology, Phenetics, Hebert, Paul

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A chip off Mother Nature's own hard drive

Article Abstract:

Scientists are using DNA to build nanocomputers and thereby posing questions about the very notion of computation and of life itself. The use of molecules of DNA to perform computations was first demonstrated in 1994 by Len Adleman.

United Kingdom, Electronic computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Product development, Analog & Hybrid Computers, Usage, Microcomputers, PowerPC-based system, Nanotechnology, K6-based system, Home computer market, 486-based system, 680X0-based system, MIPS-based system, SPARC-based system

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