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News from the Protein Structure Initiative, Nature News and other NPG publications.
July 2010
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Biologists tackle cells' identity crisisDNA fingerprinting scheme aims to make sure researchers are working on the right cells.
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Synthetic genome resets biotech goalsThe assembly of a genome that can 'reboot' cells of a closely related species is one step in a much longer path.
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Changes in Congress cloud prospects for fundingNIH loses major supporter in the Senate.
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Science funding: Science for the massesThe US National Science Foundation's insistence that every research project addresses 'broader impacts' leaves many researchers baffled. Corie Lok takes a looks at the system.
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Neglected diseases fund toutedInitiative seeks billions of dollars to develop promising drugs and vaccines.
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Obama appoints bioethics panel to offer practical adviceIn April, President Barack Obama named 11 more members to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. They will join commission chair Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, and commission vice-chair James Wagner, Emory University president, who were appointed last year.
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Genomics goes beyond DNA sequenceA technology that simultaneously reads a DNA sequence and its crucial modifications makes its debut.
