Genome News Network (GNN)

GNN's news coverage focuses on stories about genomics and human medicine, as well as the ways in which scientists are using genomics to find biological solutions to energy needs and environmental problems.

Study Finds Fewer Human Genes - October 28, 2004

The Human Genome Project now estimates that there are fewer than 25,000 human genes.
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/10/28/fewerhumangenes.php

Book Review: Danger Seekers - October 28, 2004

A review of Beating Back the Devil by Maryn McKenna
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/10/28/beatingback.php

Personalized Medicine in Cancer: Matching Patients and Drugs - October 28, 2004

New genetic tests are helping physicians figure out who will benefit from lung cancer drugs and why.
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/10/28/matchingpatients.php

Heart Disease, Stroke Linked to Gene - October 28, 2004

A defective gene in mitochrondria may be responsible for a constellation of health problems.
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/10/28/heartdisease.php

Young Mice on Prozac Become Anxious Adults - October 28, 2004

Study raises questions about the use of antidepressants by pregnant women and children.
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/10/28/prozac.php

The Complex Genetics of Down Syndrome - October 28, 2004

A study challenges notion that a chromsome 21 region causes features of the syndrome.
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/10/28/downsyndrom.php

Art Gallery: Diatoms under the Microscope - October 28, 2004

Photos of diatoms by Dee Breger.
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/10/28/diatoms.php

Yellowstone Microbe Cleans Up Wastewater - October 28, 2004

The microbe could be an economical and natural way for manufacturers to treat wastewater.
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/10/28/yellowstone.php

Mutations Cause Rare Form of Parkinson's - October 28, 2004

The genetic mutations cause an inherited form of the disease that occurs late in life.
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/10/28/parkinsons.php

Art Gallery: Inside DNA - October 15, 2004

The artist Kenneth Eward provides a glimpse of what it might be like to gaze through a strand of DNA if you were on the inside.
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/10/15/insidedna.php