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Keyword - Genomics

- Icelandic genomics firm goes bankrupt
  
  deCODE's demise leaves fate of its valuable genetic database unclear.
  
  23 November 2009
- Diagnosing the future of genomics
  
  Eric Green discusses his priorities as newly appointed director of the US National Human Genome Research Institute.
  
  23 November 2009
- Biologists rally to sequence 'neglected' microbes - Premium content
  
  For scientists, the thousandth microbial genome is just the start.
  
  17 November 2009
- 10,000 genomes to come - Premium content
  
  Vertebrates in line for massive sequencing project.
  
  4 November 2009
- Human genetics: Hit or miss? - Premium content
  
  Genome-wide association studies have identified hundreds of genetic clues to disease. Kelly Rae Chi looks at three to see just how on-target the approach seems to be.
  
  7 October 2009
- Cardiovascular disease gets personal - Premium content
  
  Gene-association studies hint at better ways of treating the leading cause of death, but capitalizing on them is proving to be a slow and difficult process. Erika Check Hayden reports.
  
  19 August 2009
- Mouse genetics: The check-up - Premium content
  
  Patients checking in to the German Mouse Clinic will undergo the most sophisticated medical testing in the world. But, finds Alison Abbott, the waiting list is becoming a problem.
  
  19 August 2009
- Science education: Reading, writing and nanofabrication - Premium content
  
  With its electron microscope, genetic sequencing machines and observatory, the Yokohama Science Frontier High School is equipped like no other. Will future scientists be inspired there, asks David Cyranoski.
  
  8 July 2009
- Californian universities caught in budget hell - Premium content
  
  State-wide cash crisis shuts down building projects and recruitment plans.
  
  8 June 2009
- Exome sequencing takes centre stage in cancer profiling - Premium content
  
  Researchers question focus on coding regions.
  
  12 May 2009