Science News for Kids » human genome http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The rest of your DNA http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/the-rest-of-your-dna/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/the-rest-of-your-dna/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:48:35 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14254 An international team of scientists has determined that a good chunk of our DNA may act as switches that turn genes “on” and “off.” Credit: National Human Genome Research Institute

Surprise: Scientists find most of human DNA molecule carries out important functions]]> An international team of scientists has determined that a good chunk of our DNA may act as switches that turn genes “on” and “off.” Credit: National Human Genome Research Institute

Surprise: Scientists find most of human DNA molecule carries out important functions]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/the-rest-of-your-dna/feed/ 0 Scientist Profile: Leroy Hood http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/05/scientist-profile-leroy-hood/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/05/scientist-profile-leroy-hood/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 16:13:31 +0000 Lisa Grossman http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=6020 Leroy Hood cofounded an institute to develop a way to tailor medical treatments to each individual person. Credit: Lee Hood/Institute for Systems Biology.

The inventor of the DNA sequencing technique, and Albert Lasker Awardee, embarks on the next big challenge. ]]> Leroy Hood cofounded an institute to develop a way to tailor medical treatments to each individual person. Credit: Lee Hood/Institute for Systems Biology.

The inventor of the DNA sequencing technique, and Albert Lasker Awardee, embarks on the next big challenge. ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/05/scientist-profile-leroy-hood/feed/ 0