July 19 :The first genome-wide association study of an infectious disease, conducted by an international group of researchers through the Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology

July 17 : University of Southern California biologists have developed a method for sequencing both chromosomes of an organism.

July 12 : For the first time, it can now be shown what enzyme copies the genetic make-up of cells. The discovery is being published in the journal Science

July 6 : Genome Valley has been granted registration for the certification mark (intellectual property rights) by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

A comparison of three parasite species that cause Leishmaniasis has identified a small number of genes, many new to biology, that will provide a framework to target the search for new treatments. Leishmaniasis is a devastating disease that affects about two million people each year and threatens one-fifth of the world’s population and new treatments [...]

A major study of the organization and regulation of the human genome published today changes our concept of how our genome works. The integrated study is an exhaustive analysis of 1% of the genome that, for the first time, gives an extensive view of genetic activity alongside the cellular machinery that allows DNA to be [...]

The ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements (ENCODE), an international research consortium organised by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today published the results of its exhaustive, four-year effort to build a “parts list” of all biologically functional elements in 1 percent of the human genome in the [...]

June 13 : Biologists at the University of California, riverside have identified the genes, and DNA sequences, for two key proteins in the “dragline silk” of the black widow spider.

May 10 : Researchers have announced the publication of the first genome of a marsupial, a part of South American species of opossum. The publication explains how important it is to understand all functional elements in the genome if we are to have the most complete toolbox possible to explore human biology and improve human [...]

May 1 : An international team of researchers have for the first time studied the genetic makeup of two species of phytoplankton – tiny plants that play a key role in global photosynthesis and carbon cycling.