by DDC Development | Dec 26, 2012 | DNA science, Genetics
In the wake of a recent attempt to prove the genetic lineage of Bigfoot using DNA, the news of another cryptozoological discovery of course has our attention. The recent discovery of a pygmy right whale originally thought to be extinct may be the key to tracing the...
by DDC Development | Dec 12, 2012 | DNA science
A team of Italian scientists have taken a snapshot of a single DNA molecule for the first time using the electron microscope. This technological breakthrough comes after years of depending on X-ray diffraction to provide indirect, albeit useful, information on the...
by DDC Development | Dec 5, 2012 | Pets & Vets
Just how far will people go to find the perfect piece of beef? At least as far as using genomics to predict whether a piece of beef will be tender. Though the results are preliminary, the team at Herbivore Research Unit of the National Agronomic Research Institute...
by DDC Development | Nov 28, 2012 | Forensic DNA Testing, Paternity, Science and Technology
A paternity test has proven that a UK soldier, Pvt. Daniel Wade, was the father of a baby born in June, giving her access to his death benefits. Emma Hickman, the baby’s mother, was denied the right to put the father’s name in birth certificate because...
by DDC Development | Nov 23, 2012 | Genetics
“The embryos I was looking at had been designed to labor in uranium tunnels under the Yellow Sea. Their saucerlike eyes were genomed for darkness. In fact, they go insane if xposed to brite unfiltered daylite.” –pg 324, Cloud Atlas* Genetically modified clones, or...