Genomics crucial to drug safety
- 26 Apr 2012 00:00 - Angela Saini
- Intolerance for prescribed medication has been a common and sometimes deadly issue that genetic testing can solve, but privacy issues are a concern.
Rewriting the software of life
- 16 Mar 2011 09:19 - Staff Reporter
- DNA is really just software, says J Craig Venter, the world's most famous genetic scientist, writes Alistair Fairweather.
UK police arresting people 'just for the DNA'
- 24 Nov 2009 13:30 - Peter Griffiths
- Britain has built the world's biggest DNA database without proper political debate, a genetics watchdog said in a report on Tuesday.
Along the leaf litter spoor
- 20 Nov 2009 06:00 - Jo-Ann Bekker
- Jo-Ann Bekker talks to lion man turned elephant man Gareth Patterson, who claims that there are nine Kynsna elephants.
DNA fingerprinting could reveal your surname
- 08 Oct 2008 11:23 - Staff Reporter
- Police could one day predict the surname of male suspects or victims of crime from DNA alone, British researchers said on Wednesday.
Neanderthal DNA reveals split from humans
- 21 Aug 2008 06:00 - Ian Sample
- Strands of DNA recovered from the fossilised leg bone of a Neanderthal have shed light on the fragility of this ancient hominid species.
SA scientists embark on 'tree barcode of life' project
- 19 Aug 2008 15:03 - Staff Reporter
- University of Johannesburg scientists have started creating a database of DNA information from the world's tree species.
Egypt to test DNA of two tiny mummies
- 06 Aug 2008 16:38 - Salah Nasrawi
- Egyptian scientists are carrying out DNA tests on two mummified foetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
