news archive genetic news - July 19, 2004

July 19, 2004

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-	Multitasking Protein—Nature’s Defense Against Retroviruses Mammalian cells have evolved an arsenal of genes that fend off invading retroviruses and inhibit cross-species transmission.
-	Server to search for genetic diversity The server is called PDA (Pipeline Diversity Analysis)
-	Dog Genome Assembled Canine Genome Now Available to Research Community Worldwide
-	New technique for rapidly identifying the functions of genes The "high throughput" technique can be used in both cell culture and in animal models to screen thousands of genes for a particular biological function.
-	A better way to copy DNA Scientists have developed a new method for DNA amplification that could replace the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)