Go to http://www.docfleetwood.net/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=DNA+Fingerprinting and follow the instructions to learn about DNA fingerprinting.
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Gene Therapy Success Case
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May 032008
Researchers have improved the vision in four people with a certain type of hereditary blindness by injecting them with a virus to change their DNA. Read more about the story at this NewScientist page or listen to an NPR podcast with one of the researchers.
May 032008
Scientists have published findings in the Journal of Medical Genetics that suggest they have found genes on chromosome 4 that may be related to your musical abilities. These abilities may also be related to language. Read more at this World Science article.
May 032008
Researchers say that your brain makes decisions up to 10 seconds before you consciously know it. This may be another indicator of the predictive power of a hierarchical temporal memory system. Perhaps it even explains deja vu? Read more at this WebMD article here.
May 032008
Do you remember playing ‘Concentration’ as a kid? Or maybe some Old Maid? Perhaps you should break out those games now to boost your intelligence…
Researchers have found that exercising your ‘working memory’ can boost your fluid intelligence. Read more here: WebMD Boost Intelligence
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