Largest animal genome discovered

Posted on February 10, 2011 by uscma

Scientists have sequenced the entire genome of Daphnia pulex, a small crustacean commonly used as a model organism for basic biological function studies, and revealed the largest number of genes of any animal genome. The paper, published last week in Science, reports that Daphnia has a total of 30,907 genes, significantly more than the 23,000 [...]

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Pfizer Drug Targets Gene Flaw to Shrink Lung Tumors (Update1)

Posted on June 6, 2010 by uscma

An experimental pill from Pfizer Inc. shrank tumors in patients with a rare form of lung cancer that is caused by a defective gene and occurs mostly in nonsmokers, a study showed. The medicine, crizotinib, reduced tumor size in 57 percent of patients and stopped the progression of the disease in 87 percent of those [...]

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