Genetics

• Spinal cord revealed in free gene map

  Allen Institute for Brain Science releases first data set.

  23 July 2008

• Psychiatric genetics: The brains of the family

  Does the difficulty in finding the genes responsible for mental illness reflect the complexity of the genetics or the poor definitions of psychiatric disorders? Alison Abbott reports.

  9 July 2008

• Dog cloners baring their teeth

  Rival companies are about to clash over who has the rights to the crucial technology.

  4 July 2008

• Human evolution: Details of being human

  A difference in one molecule led physician Ajit Varki to question what sets humans apart from other apes. Bruce Lieberman meets a man who sees a big picture in the finer points.

  2 July 2008

• Designer protein tackles HIV

  Enzyme could create tailor-made cells to be injected back into patients.

  30 June 2008

• Gene-testing firms face legal battle

  The state of California is clamping down on companies that offer direct-to-consumer genetic testing in a move that threatens the burgeoning industry. Meredith Wadman looks at a grey area in US regulation.

  25 June 2008

• Population genomics for fruitflies

  Aggressive drosophila prompt study of genetic make-up.

  25 June 2008

• Japan ramps up patent effort to keep iPS lead

  United States in race to commercialize pluripotent stem cells.

  18 June 2008

• Translational Research: Getting the message across

  11 June 2008

• Translational research: Crossing the valley of death

  A chasm has opened up between biomedical researchers and the patients who need their discoveries. Declan Butler asks how the ground shifted and whether the US National Institutes of Health can bridge the gap.

  11 June 2008