Month: December 2015
Researchers find repetitive DNA provides a hidden layer of functional information
A team led by Yaniv Erlich shows that short tandem repeats, once thought to be neutral (“junk”) actually play an important role in regulating gene expression.
WalletHub asked Simha Sethumadhavan and other security experts for advice on avoiding and recovering from identity theft.
Article also ranks states most and least vulnerable to identity fraud.
Should people have access to their own genomic data?
Whether, and How, to Give DNA Data Back
In Genome-Wide Analysis, Researchers Link Short Tandem Repeats to Gene Expression Variations
Why Silicon Valley Won’t Enlist in Anti-Terror Fight
Over 10,000 have uploaded their genome data to DNA.Land, a crowd-sourcing website that taps genome info for scientific research. The site was launched
in October by CS professor Yaniv Erlich and Joe Pickrell.
CS startup WordsEye sees spike in signups after Washington Post and other media outlets cover its technology to convert text to 3D scenes.
Site is still in beta.
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