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Khan Academy and Google-backed personal genomics company 23andMe are partnering to teach the world about genomes and DNA. Khan Academy has added two series of videos made by 23andMe to its roster of educational clips. Appropriately enough, the two announced their partnership today, National DNA Day , a day the National Human Genome Research Institute created to mark two momentous events in genetics research: the day in 1953 when James Watson and Francis Crick revealed their work on DNA structure to the world, and the day in 2003 when it was announced that the Human Genome Project was almost complete.

By Carina Dennis of Nature magazine Mouse 'avatars' could in future allow physicians to find the most effective cocktail of cancer drugs to combat a particular tumor before giving them to a patient, according to researchers at the annual meeting of the Human Genome Organization (HUGO) in Australia last week. "Using a personalized cancer avatar makes it possible to try out different combinations and make some mistakes before going into the clinic," says Edison Liu, president of HUGO and head of the Jackson Laboratory at Bar Harbor in Maine

Medicinal Genomics has just finished sequencing the cannabis genome.

Research universities have been abuzz with what some are calling the “next big thing”: convergence, the integration of the life, engineering and physical sciences.

By Nadia Drake of Nature magazine A high-profile claim that the Human Genome Project and associated research generated almost US$800 billion in economic benefits has been questioned by economists. The estimate comes from the Battelle Memorial Institute, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio