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...personal genome project” succeeds, which it appears well on track to do. The project is an offshoot of the Human Genome Project (HGP), a massive effort to determine the sequence of the human genome, that is, the 3 billion base pairs of DNA in human cells. The result of that effort was a consensus of many individuals’ genomes, and because the genome is nearly-identical among all humans, it was enormously useful for scientists to have any idea of what the “average” DNA sequence...
...developing a new way to teach African-American history and science for middle and high school kids,” said Gates, the Fletcher University professor. “History will involve people learning how to do their own family tree and the DNA component will be testing all the kids to see where they’re from in Africa and then teaching them the science of DNA.” Many schools have already contacted Gates in the hopes that they can be the first to try out the curriculum, which is intended to spark a thirst...
...Barry R. Bloom, the dean of HSPH, opened the conference to a standing-room only crowd of about 60 scientists and students. Bloom said Africa Malaria Day commemorates the 2000 signing of a declaration at which African heads of state committed to reducing malaria deaths. Yesterday was also National DNA Day. Speakers at the conference emphasized how genetic analysis can be used to advance malaria research and how the two fields are increasingly being integrated. National DNA Day celebrates the date James Watson and Francis Crick published their revolutionary paper about the double-helix structure of DNA, as well...
...Harvard teaching fellow has found a way to translate DNA into music, and hopes these sounds will eventually be used to monitor sick patients...
...exhibit coincided with National DNA Day, which celebrates the discovery of the double-helix structure as well as the 2003 completion of the Human Genome Project...