DNA

Who has access to your DNA? More importantly...do you?

Most people now have the right to access their lab results and DNA data. But that doesn't mean the companies that hold that data can't access it… Audio

Until now astronauts have had to send mysterious microbes and organisms back to earth to figure out what they are.

But for the first time, NASA astronauts have successfully sequenced DNA and… Audio

In Naked Science news, empirical evidence that wine glasses have got bigger... way bigger, and a potential breakthrough in the treatment of the degenerative brain condition Huntington's Disease. Audio

Since it was first discovered 4 years ago, the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas 9 has shown potential in its ability to remodel our DNA and correct genetic abnormalities associated with health… Audio

Anna Pilbrow says that a complex interaction of genetic factors underpin our risk of getting heart disease - and leading a healhy lifestyle lowers the risk. Audio

Precision-bred trees will be central to our economy as wood-based products replace plastic and glass fibre in laptop cases, car interiors and even aeroplanes, a molecular geneticist says. Audio

Genealogy is now the second most popular hobby in the United States (after gardening), according to Time magazine. NZ genealogist Michelle Patient is an expert in using DNA tests to help people find… Audio, Gallery

The cloud may soon blow over, as scientists investigate storing information in the densest known storage medium in the universe – DNA. Luis Ceze has been exploring the possibilities. Audio, Gallery

Mark Temple of Western Sydney University is a molecular biologist and a musician who's developed a way to turn DNA into music, so now you can 'hear' a genetic mutation. Audio

Four scientists talk about genetics and how it can help in the conservation of rare birds such as little spotted kiwi. Audio

Kiwi canine DNA has been collected as part of a global project, called Darwin's Dogs, investigating the genes behind the personalities of dogs. Audio

The sequencing of an entire human genome in 2003 was hailed as a great victory, but in reality, it wasn't complete. The uncharted regions of the genome could play a role in cancer and autism, some… Audio

Geneticists are hoping to discover genes which could protect manuka trees from myrtle rust. 46 cases of myrtle rust have been recorded in Taranaki, Northland and Bay of Plenty with Ministry of Primary… Audio

About 250 New Zealand science and social science teachers have the opportunity to send samples of their own DNA to the National Geographic Genographic Laboratory in the United States to help teach… Audio

At a recent conference in New York, 250 scientists from 10 countries discussed the ethics of creating genomes. They also pitched ideas, including plants that can sniff out explosives and microbes that… Audio

Professor Floyd Romesberg of the Scripps Research Institute in California is part of a research team that's added 2 extra, synthetic genetic 'letters' to ecoli bacteria, and these single-celled… Audio

Kim Hill talks to molecular palaeontologist Professor Beth Shapiro, who is Director for Conservation at the University of California Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, and Research Associate of the Denver… Audio