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With genetic mapping, cats' mysteries will be unraveled (New York Times)

Potato-based vaccine success comes too late (New Scientist)

Top U.K. biomedical center to move (ScienceNOW)

Poor cell memory is key to cancer (BBC News)

Other Recent Stories

Gene therapy is first deafness 'cure' (New Scientist)

Crick's first DNA doodle released (BBC News)

Opposing fat metabolism pathways triggered by a single gene (Science Daily)

Stem cells hit snag in Massachusetts (ScienceNOW)

Bioinformatics: With a stumble, Microsoft launches European research project (Science)

Lupus drug company asks FDA for a second chance (Science)

more news . . .

in Science and other journals

Genetic consequences of tropical second-growth forest regeneration (Science)

Methylation is a crucial step in plant microRNA biogenesis (Science)

A selective inhibitor of eIF2α dephosphorylation protects cells from ER stress (Science)

Specificity changes in the evolution of type II restriction endonucleases (J. Biol. Chem.)

Gene transfer to plants by diverse species of bacterial (Nature)

Complete genome sequence of Vibrio fischeri: A symbiotic bacterium with pathogenic congeners (PNAS)

more research . . .

Drug Discovery Technology, Europe 2005 (14-17 March 2005, IBC Life Sciences)

Systems Biology: Global Regulation of Gene Expression (17-20 March 2005, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some Featured Sites :
- Education: Bioethics Central
Links to patent search engines
Scientific resources in:
- Medical genomics
Selected sites on genomics, ethics, and society

As featured in Science: Check out our online roundtable discussing the present and future of microarray technology and data sharing -- an online extra tied to Science's recent Genes in Action special issue.

Visit SFGblog, the new companion Weblog to the Science Functional Genomics Web site, for additional news and postings in genomics and postgenomics. (Read more.)

Biotechnology stock prices (from quote.yahoo.com):

AMEX Biotechnology Index
Nasdaq Biotechnology Index

Sample stocks:

Affymetrix Inc.
Celera Genomics Group
CuraGen Corp.
Invitrogen Corp.
Protein Design Labs

More biotech links . . .

On Science Online's E-Marketplace, a special supplement on "the magic of microarrays."

SCOPE (Scientific Controversies Online: Partnerships in Education), a "knowledge networking" educational project of U.C. Berkeley, the University of Washington, and AAAS, maintains an online forum and collection on genetically modified food, including mailing lists, Web links, literature indexes, and other features. Full access requires a free SCOPE membership.

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