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Genetically engineered rats should follow soon, providing new models of human disease.

Journal of Cell Biology launches an image bank for microscopy images.

Distantly related plants use the same set of genes to establish the outline of their leaves.

Molecular snapshot reveals the mechanics of RNA interference.

Half a million participants could help to highlight links between genes and disease.

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Journal to require authors to post in the free online encyclopaedia.

The earthworm is finally inching its way into the genomic age.

Genes discovered for brain pathway that triggers onset of adulthood.

Mouse and fruitfly studies provide clues to the origins of species.

Biofuel potential spurs US consortium to map DNA of nutritious bean.

Dispute could stymie efforts to save rare honeycreeper.

Squash them, pinch them, twist them, pull them #20; cells react to physical forces, finds Claire Ainsworth.

University touts its expertise in researching animal diseases.

Inventor of DNA fingerprinting welcomes a ruling that will keep the innocent out of genetic databases.

A bill to track patients using implanted microchips is unlikely to pass.

Biologists have tracked the origins and evolution of a type of childhood leukaemia that is deadliest when it recurs.