Evolution of Evolution: 150 Years of Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species”, U.S. National Science Foundation.  Per NSF: Almost 150 years after publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," scientific understanding of evolution continues to take some remarkable twists and turns. This report, with its thoughtful essays, intriguing interviews, and extensive timelines, chronicles the challenges and triumphs of the evolution of evolution.  View Site

Deciphering the Genetic Code: Marshall Nirenberg, U.S. National Institutes of Health. Tags: genetic code, “code of life”, amino acids, nucleotide bases, base pairs, Marshall Nirenberg, Heinrich Matthaei, the genetic “coding race”, Gregor Mendel, James Watson, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, Human Genome Project.  View Site

50 Years of Protein Structure Determination, U.S. National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Tags: protein folding, protein structure, protein function, structural biology, structural genomics, the synchrotron, nuclear magnetic resonance, the Protein Data Bank, the Protein Structure Initiative, the Structural Genomics Knowledgebase.  I   View Site

To Know Ourselves, Human Genome Program, U.S. Department of Energy.  Publication provides historical background on DOE human genome research and the history of the Human Genome Project. (PDF, HTML)  Tags: Human Genome Project, history of the Human Genome Project.  View Site

Revolution in Progress: Human Genetics and Medical Research, U.S. National Institutes of Health.  Tags: genetics 101, genes, dominant gene, recessive gene, genetic code, gene expression, genetic mutation, genes and disease, Human Genome Project, recombinant DNA, gene therapy, history of gene therapy, gene testing.  View Site

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Combination of Genes and Prenatal Exposure to Smoking Increases Teens’ Risk of Disruptive Behavior: NIDA Study Shows Different Gene Variants Influence this Risk for Girls and Boys, March 4, 2009, U.S. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD. Tags: prenatal smoking; the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene; neurotransmitters; genes, environment, and behavior; behavioral genomics.  L   READ

Engineers Create Intelligent Molecules That Seek-and-destroy Diseased Cells, February 18, 2009, Stanford University as reported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, Arlington VA. Tags: biotechnology, synthetic biology, RNA technology, “intelligent molecules”, disease biomarkers, engineered cell death.  READ

Common Gene Variants Increase Risk of Hypertension: May Lead to New Therapies, February 15, 2009, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, U.S. Tags: hypertension, stress, blood pressure, genes and hypertension.  L, I   READ

Study: Genetic Risk for Substance Use can be Neutralized by Good Parenting, February 10, 2009, University of Georgia, Athens GA, U.S. Tags: substance use and genetic risk, substance use and parenting, the 5HTT gene, serotonin.  L   READ

Scientists Report Gene Network in Early Tooth Development, February 9, 2009, U.S. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD. Tags: dental genetics, dental genes, evolutionary genomics, comparative genomics.  READ

Johns Hopkins Researchers Discover New Schizophrenia Gene, February 3, 2009, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD. Tags: schizophrenia, the neuregulin 3 gene.  L   READ

The Genes in Your Congeniality: Researchers Identify Genetic Influence in Social Networks, January 26, 2009, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, U.S. Tags: genes and personality, genes and social networks, behavioral genomics.  L, I   READ

Genetic Interactions are the Key to Understanding Complex Traits, January 22, 2009, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis MO, U.S. Tags: gene interaction, genetic traits, genetic variation, genes and disease.  L, I   READ

Surgeon General’s New Family Health History Tool Is Released, Ready for “21st Century Medicine”, January 13, 2009, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington D.C. Tags: genetics, genomic medicine, proteomic medicine, personalized medicine.  L   READ

NIH Expands Open-Access Dataset of Genetic and Clinical Data to Include Asthma, December 15, 2008, U.S. National Institutes of Health. Tags: SHARe-Asthma Resource Project, asthma genetics.  L   READ

New Research Shows How Gene Function Drives Natural Selection in Important Class of Genetic Elements, December 11, 2008, University of Georgia as reported by U.S. National Science Foundation. Tags: “junk DNA”, transposons, evolution, evolutionary genomics, host genomes, pathogen genomics.  L   READ

Genes for 9 Health Indicators, December 7, 2008, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute as reported by U.S. National Science Foundation. Tags: genetic variation, genes and disease, genes and environmental risk, multifactorial diseases.  L, I   READ

Model Unravels Rules That Govern How Genes are Switched On and Off, December 4, 2008, Washington University School of Medicine as reported by U.S. National Science Foundation. Tags: comparative genomics, transcription and translation, gene expression.  L, I   READ

Nature Publishes the First Asian Genome Map, November 19, 2008, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of China.   READ