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Genomics — the study of organisms in terms of their DNA sequences, or 'genomes' — is revolutionising practices based on how living organisms behave, from diagnosing and treating disease, to developing new foods.
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Opinions and Analysis
The Cartagena Protocol: the debate goes on
Tewolde Egziabher and other SciDev.Net readers join the debate on the relevance of the UN biodiversity convention's Cartagena Protocol on genetically modified organisms.
12 May 2006
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Feeding the 600 million: the next step for genomics?
Peter Raven and colleagues argue that it is time to sequence the genome of cassava, a crop vital to the health and livelihoods of half a billion people.
30 January 2006
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Source: Science
Pharmacogenetics need to go under the microscope
15 December 2005
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South African bioscience needs cash injection
18 October 2005
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Source: Cape Times
News and Features
Typhoid sequence 'will aid control strategies'
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the typhoid-fever causing bacterium, which could revolutionise public health approaches.
Scientists tackle DNA barcoding 'resistance'
Scientists are proposing a set of guidelines to tackle developing countries' resistance to take up DNA barcoding for biodiversity mapping.
Genomic medicine sector 'needs government backing'
26 June 2008
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