genetics

Cancer experts predict the end of chemotherapy in 20 years

Posted in Medicine on 5th Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller

Scientists have declared that more effective cancer treatments will soon replace chemotherapy thanks to a world-first project to find the genes responsible for cancers.

Human Longevity Company hires Google Chief Data Scientist to help enable life extension

Posted in Business on 1st Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller

Venter's team will sequence tens of thousands of genomes every year.

DNA project 'to make UK world genetic research leader'

Posted in Medicine on 1st Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller

A project aiming to revolutionise medicine by unlocking the secrets of DNA is under way in centres across England.

Cancer blood test moves closer after promising results

Posted in Science on 27th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller

A British team of researchers has developed what might be a simple blood test that can detect all cancers.

Google takes on the human body in a new project to find out what a healthy person looks like

Posted in Business on 26th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller

The new project out of Google X, called Baseline Study, will collect genetic and molecular data from 175 anonymous people.