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Cancer cell genome. Illustration: shutterstock

Genetic secrets of nearly 2,700 types of cancer have been revealed by an extensive international project

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Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito - the carrier and spreader of the West Nile virus. Source: CDC/Jim Gathany 2003 / Wikimedia.

IBM, together with the Israeli Melnox and NVIDIA, decoded the genome of the Nile fever mosquito

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Sequenced segments are aligned to the known complete human genome. Many overlaps arise (Wikipedia)

Google and Stanford University will collaborate to accelerate genome analysis and sequencing

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A family of woolly mammoths in the snow, during the last ice age. Illustration: shutterstock

The complete genome map of the woolly mammoth - may provide an explanation for its extinction and help in its restoration

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A puppy of a pampered Scottish cat. Photo: shutterstock

The domestic cat genome is decoded; Reveals clues about the domestication process

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Genome sequencing. Illustration: shutterstock

Sequencing the complete genome of an important bacterium in the oil production process

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Scientists from the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh have helped crack the sheep's genetic code. The team was part of an international sheep genome research consortium that sequenced the complete genetic makeup of the Texel sheep, the same breed of sheep seen in the photo. Their findings reveal that the sheep became a separate species from the goats 4 million years ago. Photo: Kay Aitchison, Royal Veterinary School, University of Edinburgh.

The sheep genome is deciphered; Separated from the goat 4 million years ago

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Much of the Neanderthal genome is preserved in modern human populations. Neanderthal man. Illustration: shutterstock

Neanderthal lineages reconstructed from the modern human genome

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: The optoelectric effect can be used to control the passage of DNA molecules in nanoholes, and improve the accuracy in sensing and sequencing of individual DNA molecules.

The Technion researchers were able to slow down the passage of DNA in nanopores using light

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neurons. Illustration: shutterstock

11 new genes associated with Alzheimer's disease were discovered, including a link between Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's

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Credit: Yehuda Crane, Jerusalem 1936

Reflections - the hunt for the Jewish genome / Bracha Reger

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The figure shows a DNA strand with nucleotide bases (A, T, G and C) moving down through a pore the width of a molecule known as a "nanopore". The symbol X marks the location of the missing base that could lead to a disease outbreak. Through the attachment of a ring chemical molecule containing a sodium ion to the damaged site, the movement of DNA through the nanopore can be slowed down so that the point of damage can be located. [Courtesy of University of Utah Department of Marketing and Communications].

A nanopore for detecting DNA damage

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Cherry tomatoes and green pepper - their relative. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

The genome sequences of the cultivated tomato and the wild tomato were deciphered

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Genome decoder. Photo: Imperial College, London

A new and fast method for sequencing the genome

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DNA molecules crawl through nanometer nozzles. Image: Sandia National Laboratories

New nano-nozzles to assist in DNA sequencing

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Human Genome

From mapping the genetic code to curing cancer

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