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DNA - Abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, former spelling desoxyribonucleic acid. A long chain polymer of deoxyribonucleotides. DNA constitutes the genetic material of most known organisms and organelles, and usually is in the form of a double helix, although some viral genomes consist of a single strand of DNA, and others of a single- or a double-stranded RNA. [FAO]

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Forensic expert fired over DNA test  -  21 Aug 2007
Ottawa Recorder,A state forensics scientist who said she tested her husband‘s underwear for DNA to determine if he was cheating on her has been fired.

Home DNA tests create medical, ethical quandaries  -  21 Aug 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,Consumer Genetics Inc., a Sunnyvale company formed last year, is one of a growing number of companies capitalizing on advances in DNA testing that make it

Genentech, SPDR Trust: Money Flow Leaders (DNA, SPY)  -  21 Aug 2007
Wall Street JournalGenentech Inc. topped the list at midday on Tuesday for Buying on Weakness, which tracks stocks that fell in price but had the largest inflow of money.

Kahui refused to give DNA to police  -  21 Aug 2007
Stuff.co.nz,By KIM RUSCOE - Fairfax Media | Tuesday, 21 August 2007 LATEST: Chris Kahui refused to give police a DNA sample that would have proved whether he was the

DNA gives police new lead on murders 20 years ago  -  21 Aug 2007
Guardian Unlimited,Detectives investigating the murder and sexual assault of two young women 20 years ago now have a full DNA profile of their suspected killer thanks to

DNA testing confirms another child for James Brown  -  21 Aug 2007
Wilmington Morning Star,AP AIKEN, SC | A woman has proven through DNA testing that she is a child of the late soul singer James Brown, longtime adviser Buddy Dallas said.

Crime Lab to Include DNA Analysis for Burglaries  -  21 Aug 2007
WISH,By Gene Rodriguez INDIANAPOLIS - A single shell casing can solve a homicide case, fingerprints can tie a suspect to an armed robbery scene and while DNA

Evidence wanted for DNA testing in old murder is missing  -  21 Aug 2007
Kentucky.com,By BRETT BARROUQUERE AP Writer Two pieces of crucial evidence wanted for DNA testing by a Kentucky Death Row inmate are missing.

Convict hopes new DNA evidence will clear him  -  21 Aug 2007
WTHR,Marion County - A man convicted of murder more than 20 years ago may be freed if a judge accepts new DNA evidence from the crime scene.

DNA confirms identity of woman who vanished in 2000  -  21 Aug 2007
KOMO,...(AP) - DNA testing has confirmed the identity of a woman who vanished about seven years ago, authorities said. The body of Sharon Lee Mason was found on Aug

FDA Labeling Supports DNA Testing For Patients Prescribed Warfarin  -  21 Aug 2007
eMaxHealth.com,..."This is a perfect example of the movement towards personalized medicine, medicine that is prescribed based on the patient's own DNA.

Families May Have To Pay For DNA Tests In Gaston County Cemetery Case  -  21 Aug 2007
WSOCtv.com,GASTONIA, NC -- DNA tests may be required to determine whose remains were unearthed at a Gaston County cemetery. Authorities say the bones were dug up by a

Forensics Expert Fired Over DNA Test  -  21 Aug 2007
News Channel 7,...(AP) -- A state forensics scientist who said she tested her husband's underwear for DNA to determine if he was cheating on her has been fired.

Connecticut Eliminates Statute of Limitations on DNA Rape Cases  -  21 Aug 2007
Government Technology,M. Jodi Rell today highlighted a new law that eliminates the statute of limitations on sexual assaults that can be prosecuted with the use of DNA evidence,

Demand for DNA Repair Formula Drives Growth of Remergent(R) Brand  -  21 Aug 2007
PR Newswire (press release),..."The overwhelming popularity of Remergent DNA Repair Formula seems to coincide with recent media coverage of the clinical value of DNA repair in reversing

First Successful Genome Transplant In Bacteria  -  21 Aug 2007
SlashdotSecond, the authors do only a single PCR of a single gene to look for the presence of capricolum DNA in the supposed 'new' mycoides cells.

Victim of head-on crash identified using DNA (11:38 am)  -  21 Aug 2007
Stockton Record,Medical investigators relied in part on recently returned DNA test results to identify Scott. Scott was one of three fatalities in the drunken-driving

DNA results topple paternity claim against Chris Rock  -  21 Aug 2007
Frost Illustrated,By Antracia Merrill-Moorings You Are Not the Father: A lawyer for Chris Rock said that a court-ordered DNA test proved Rock is not the father of a

Humans Will Create Artificial Life In 10 Years, Says Scientist  -  21 Aug 2007
Switched,Bedau expects to see real living cells with DNA and metabolic processes that can ingest food from the surrounding environment and process it into energy.

Space dust in plasma organizes into double helix shape—like DNA  -  21 Aug 2007
iTWire,DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid, the substance that carries an organism's genetic information. Plasma is the fourth state of matter (the other three being gas,

Identity revealed by DNA test  -  21 Aug 2007
Vancouver Province,The woman, Susanne Tam of Whistler, was identified by a forensic expert using cutting-edge DNA technology. Terry Foster, spokesman for BC's chief coroner,

Wolves Exonerated by DNA  -  21 Aug 2007
SR International - Radio Sweden,DNA testing is demonstrating that wolves are not responsible for many of the domestic animal deaths attributed to them. Livestock owners in northern Sweden

Bones believed lost in case of young murder victim  -  21 Aug 2007
Newsday,Shortly after the discovery, Suffolk medical examiners sent two bones and two teeth from the girl to an FBI lab for DNA testing. Mitochondrial DNA taken

DNA tests show Turkish man is not missing Greek Cypriot  -  21 Aug 2007
Cyprus Mail,By Jean Christou DNA tests have proved that Hakan Kutevu from Adana in Turkey is not missing Christakis Georgiou who was taken to Turkey in 1974 at the age

Grant to DNA Solutions will help develop test [3 hrs ago]  -  21 Aug 2007
NewsOK.com (subscription),AP Video DNA Solutions Inc. has received a $700000 Phase II SBIR grant from the Defense Department in collaboration with Oklahoma State University to

New theory changes old view of bubbles  -  21 Aug 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story DNA sequencing might become less expensive (July 2, 2007) -- US Nobel Laureate James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA, recently became the first

From World News with Charles Gibson  -  21 Aug 2007
ABC NewsNew mom Melissa Christenson runs marathons and eats her vegetables, but during a DNA mapping test she learned she is still a candidate for heart disease,

DNA-Force 3.7.16316 (x32)  -  21 Aug 2007
Hardware upgrade.it,Driver ottimizzati basati sulla release 163.16 dei driver NVIDIA Forceware; da utilizzare con sistemi operativi Windows 2000 e Windows XP.

Massachusetts man arraigned in 1988 rape case  -  21 Aug 2007
Newsday,...(AP) _ A Massachusetts man linked to a 1988 rape in Killingly through DNA has been arraigned on sexual assault and kidnapping charges.

Team Tracks Antibiotic Resistance From Swine Farms To Groundwater  -  21 Aug 2007
Science Daily (press release)The researchers extracted bacterial DNA from lagoons and groundwater wells at two study sites over a period of three years. They screened these samples for

Ex-Rollers manager is cleared on rape claims  -  21 Aug 2007
Scotsman,The former pop manager said he had been interviewed under caution, finger-printed and DNA tested during the investigation. Mr McGlynn and Mr McKeown said

Man gets 50-year term for three rapes in city  -  21 Aug 2007
Baltimore Sun,DNA evidence linked Jones to the attacks long after they occurred. Circuit Judge Lynn K. Stewart accepted the guilty plea to three counts of rape.

Woman convicted of poisoning Marine husband gets new hearing  -  21 Aug 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,SAN DIEGO – A woman convicted of poisoning her Marine husband will be back in court Oct. 23 for a hearing on DNA testing to determine if arsenic-laced human

Inovio Biomedical Appoints Dr. Michael Fons as Vice President ...  -  21 Aug 2007
Business Wire (press release),Dr. Fons has been focused on business development relating to DNA vaccines and gene therapies for the past dozen years. His experience includes technology

Balding's killer in DNA fight for freedom  -  Aug 20, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,From jail, Wayne "Shorty" Jamieson last week applied for a re-examination of evidence by the newly set-up DNA review panel.

Vhong Navarro wants DNA test for alleged love child  -  Aug 19, 2007
ABS CBN News,Comedic actor Vhong Navarro is demanding a DNA test for a love child whom he allegedly fathered 12 years ago, radio DZMM reported Monday.

Strahl's DNA found on cigarettes in O'Hare home  -  Aug 20, 2007
Sioux City Journal,ELK POINT - DNA taken from two cigarette butts found in the bedroom of William O'Hare, 52, matched James Strahl, a South Dakota state criminalist testified

San Jose police use DNA database to solve cold cases  -  Aug 19, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,When the Santa Clara County crime lab ran the evidence through the state DNA database, it came up with a hit: convicted killer Martin Forte, who had lived

Abiola’s widow threatens legal action over DNA test  -  Aug 20, 2007
Nigerian Tribune,She said Dr. Ungay, who did the DNA test and Mr. RM Timpson, the estate’s solicitor, allegedly shrouded and mirred the result in “mystery and controversy,

Norgen Biotek Corp. Expands Novel Line of Urine-Based RNA, DNA and ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
Canada NewsWire (press release),Norgen's Urine (Exfoliated Cell) RNA Purification Kit and Urine (Exfoliated Cell) DNA Purification Kit will enable scientists to isolate total RNA or

Why green tea helps prevent DNA damage  -  Aug 20, 2007
South Asian Women's Forum,DNA damage occurs when metal ions in the body such as iron and copper produce reactive oxygen compounds that damage human cells. As part of the study,

Rampant Adoption of qRT-PCR and Next Generation DNA Sequencing ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Following the qRT-PCR segment, DNA microarray technology is developing as the second-fastest growing segment of the total US genomics market.

DNA test links alleged scrap metal thief to historic murders  -  Aug 20, 2007
TV3 News,The 51-year-old was arrested in the town of Aachen for stealing scrap metal in March, and his fingerprints and DNA were taken for cross-referencing with a

DNA link sought in Jackson murder  -  Aug 20, 2007
The Robesonian,District Attorney Johnson Britt said a warrant was used to take a DNA sample from Hester. That will be used to compare to DNA recovered from the Jackson

CRM Farms, OCP and IBS Bookmaster, Sand/DNA for SAP BI, NCO ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
TMC Net,CRM vendor Sand Technology has announced that a multibillion dollar international consumer goods company has chosen Sand/DNA for SAP BI to more efficiently

Genetic phonetics could be the trick to sounding out DNA’s meaning  -  Aug 20, 2007
TechJournal South,But it’s that last 0.1 percent of difference, peppered throughout our DNA in the form of single-letter changes, that accounts for our unique identities—from

Possible violation of city bidding rules for DNA lab linked to Safir  -  Aug 20, 2007
New York Daily News,By GREG B. SMITH Kevin McElfresh of Bode Technology Group opens a lab freezer full of samples in the lab where DNA matching was done in 2002 on victims of

VGX Announces Initiation of IND-enabling Toxicology Studies for ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
GenomicsProteomics.com (press release),VGX Pharmaceuticals has announced that it has initiated IND-enabling pre-clinical toxicology studies for three of its DNA plasmid-based product candidates.

Fred's bones could yield dodo DNA  -  Aug 18, 2007
Times of India,A newly discovered dodo skeleton has raised hopes for extracting some of the legendary extinct bird's DNA. The dodo, a flightless bird related to pigeons

Police identify body found in 1989 with new DNA technique  -  Aug 18, 2007
Taipei Times,A mystery corpse found in a house in 1989 was identified on Friday as Lillian Jean O'Dare, a woman who vanished nearly 30 years ago, thanks to a new DNA

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