Inside the Forgotten X Prize -- the One That Can Save Your Life (Popular Mechanics, Apr 2008, Erik Sofge)

The Personal Genome: Consequences for Society (UWTV, Apr 2008)

Some doubt genome's value as health tool (Boston Globe, Apr 2008, Carey Goldberg)

Bacteria That Eat Antibiotics (NPR Science Friday, Apr 2008, Annette Heist)

Personal Genetic Testing (WAMU, Apr 2008, Diane Rehm)

Researchers Find Bacteria That Devour Antibiotics (NY Times, Apr 2008, Henry Fountain)

Soil 'ultra-bugs' thrive on a diet of antibiotics (NewScientist, Apr 2008, Ewen Callaway)

A quest to create life out of synthetics (Boston Globe, Apr 2008, Colin Nickerson)

Study Finds Soil Bacteria Can Live on Antibiotic Diet (NPR, Apr 2008 Nell Greenfieldboyce)

Germs in soil find antibiotics tasty (AP News, Apr 2008, Lauran Neergaard)

The DNA Age. Gene Map Becomes a Luxury Item (NY Times, Mar 2008, Amy Harmon)

HMS Prof To Expand Genome Database (Crimson, Mar 2008, June Wu) Comments.

Google Backs Harvard Scientist's 100,000-Genome Quest (Bloomberg, Feb 2008, John Lauerman)

Genomes for Sale (CBC News, Feb 2008, Roz Spafford)

Genetics at risk ; Profile: Meet Exhibit I. (Nature, Feb 2008, Erika Check Hayden)

Positively Disruptive (Nature Genetics, Feb 2008)

The Race to Read Genomes on a Shoestring, Relatively Speaking (NY Times, Andrew Pollack, Feb 2008)

Knome Commences Whole-Genome Sequencing Process for First Clients; First individuals in history to have genome sequenced by a personal genomics firm (NCN, Jan 2008)

Legendary Labs (NYAS, Winter 2008, Adrienne Burke)

MD Scientists Build Bacterial Chromosome (Washington Post, Jan 2008, Rick Weiss)

Longest Piece of Synthetic DNA Yet (Scientific American, Jan 2008, Coco Ballantyne)

Researchers Take Step Toward Synthetic Life (NY Times, Jan 2008, Andrew Pollack)

International genome project launched Three-year study will capture variation in 1,000 people. (Nature News, Jan 2008, Erika Check Hayden)

A High-Tech Family Tree -- New services use DNA to connect relatives and track down ancestors (US News & World Report, Jan 2008, Nancy Shute)

Breakthrough of the Year: Human Genetic Variation (Science, Dec 2007, Jocelyn Kaiser, Elizabeth Pennisi)

DNA Pioneer Who Bashed Blacks Has African Roots (NY Times, Dec 2007, John Schwartz)

Human Genome Pioneer and Open-Source Junkie Enters Genomic X-Prize (Wired, Dec 2007, Brandon Keim)

DNA, direct: The race for the $1,000 genome is on. (The Economist, Dec 2007)

Your Personal Genome . (Technology Review, Dec 2007, Emily Singer)

Group Led by Harvard's George Church Will Bid for Genomics X Prize (Xconomy, Dec 2007, Rebecca Zacks)

X games for scientists offers $10m top prize (Boston Globe, Dec 2007, Robert Weisman)

23AndMe Will Decode Your DNA for $1,000. Welcome to the Age of Genomics (Wired, Nov 2007, Thomas Goetz)

Best & Brightest 2007: How to Make Life (Esquire, Nov 2007, Chris Jones)

The Ten Hottest Nerds (Newsweek International Edition, Oct 2007)

Futures in Biotech 25: From the Human Genome Project to Space Exploration with Dr. George Church (Part I) (TWIT.TV, Oct 2007, Marc Pelletier)

Genome Guru Wants to Map 10,000 Human Genomes in 10 Years (Wired, Oct 2007, Randy Dotinga)

Cheap, Detailed Genetic Testing Soon May Be Ready for Market (Bloomberg, Oct 2007, John Lauerman)

The personal side of genomics (Nature, Oct 2007, Nathan Blow)

Gene information opens new frontier in privacy debate (Boston Globe, Sep 2007, Peter Dizikes)

Google's Genetic Start-Up (Forbes, Sep 2007, Matthew Herper)

Mom's Genes or Dad's? Map Can Tell. (Washington Post, Sep 2007, Rick Weiss)

Enzymatics tackles the high cost of DNA sequencing (Mass High Tech Journal, Sep 2007, Ryan McBride)

Low-cost personal DNA readings are on the way (New Scientist, Sep 2007, Peter Aldhous)

Mapping own DNA changes scientist's life (CNN, Sep 2007, Sanjay Gupta)

All mapped out (Forbes, Sep 2007, Matt Herper)

Genetics, medicine and insurance. Do Not Ask or Do Not Answer? (Economist, Aug 2007)

Das öffentliche Genom (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Aug 2007, Julia Karow) ('translation')

Making Gasoline from Bacteria (Tech Rev, Aug 2007, Neil Savage)

Full Disclosure (Wall St. Journal, July 2007, Esther Dyson) (see also Dignan blog)

Learning from Esther Dyson's Genome (Xconomy, July 2007, Erika Jonietz)

Countdown to a synthetic lifeform (NewScientist, July 2007, Peter Aldhous)

Synbiosafe Interviews(SynBio 3.0 in Zurich, Jun 2007, Markus Schmidt)

Scientists Transplant Genome of Bacteria (NY Times, June 2007, Nicholas Wade)

Building better biofuels (Tech Review, June 2007, Neil Savage)

Who's Your Daddy? (Atlantic, July 2007, Steve Olson)

6 Billion Bits of Data About Me, Me, Me! (New York Times Week in Review, June 2007, Amy Harmon)

Will you get cancer? (Forbes, June 2007, Matthew Herper and Robert Langreth )

Genes Of The Rich And Famous (Forbes, May 2007, Matthew Herper)

In defense of the celebrity genome (Gene Expression Blog, May 2007) Celebrity genomes alarm researchers (Nature, May 2007, Erika Check) Comments.

Life 2.0 (Newsweek Internatonal Cover, June 2007, Lee Silver)

Reading the Book of Jim. .. pioneering the 'personal genome.' (Newsweek, June 2007, Sharon Begley) Comments.

Sequencing in a Flash (Tech Review, June 2007, Jon Cohen)

Quest to create synthetic cell brings many parts together (The Vanderbilt Reporter, May 2007, Nicole Majoras)

The Public Genome (Crimson, Apr 2007, Matthew Meisel)

Link to News about James Sherley (Update May 2007)

State, universities in running to land biofuel centers (Mass High Tech, Jan 2007, Catherine Williams)

Hunting the Neanderthal (PBS Science Investigators (Video), Jan 2007)

TR35 2006 Young Innovator Jay Shendure (Tech Review, 2006, Emily Singer)

Who wants the X Prize? (The Scientist, Nov 2006, Jeffrey Perkel)

Architect of Life (Forbes, Oct 2006, Matthew Herper)

Six Indo-Americans among 35 Top Innovators of 2006 (Indolink, Sep 2006, Francis Assisi)

Church Hopes to Make DNA Decoding Accessible (Crimson, Aug 2006, Katherine Gray) Comments.

Life 2.0 (The Economist, Aug 2006)

Scan Artist (Boston Globe, Jul 2006, Michael Fitzgerald) Comments.

The Quest for the $1,000 Human Genome (New York Times, Jul 2006, Nicholas Wade)

For ABI, Developing Agencourt's Sequencing Technology Is a High Priority (GenomeWeb News, Jun 2006, Julia Karow)

Rewriting the genome. (Technology Review, May 2006, David Rotman)

Coming Soon: Your Personal DNA Map? (National Geographic News, Mar 2006, Yancey Hall)

My Own Private Genome (The Scientist, Feb 2006, Jeffrey Perkel)

Imaging Solutions of the Year: Visible DNA Sequencing (Advanced Imaging Magazine, Jan 2006)

Get Ready for Synthetic Biology (Genome Technology Jan 2006, Meredith Salisbury)

Prize for DNA Decoding Aims to Fuel Innovation (Wall St. Journal, Jan 2006, Antonio Regalado)

Custom-Made Microbes, at Your Service (NY Times, Jan 2006, Andrew Pollack)

The Personal Genome Project (Technology Review, Jan 2006, Emily Singer)

Prof. Works for Your Cheap DNA (Harvard Crimson, Jan 2006, Alexandra Bell)

In a few years, knowing your own personal genome may improve your health (Knight Ridder, Jan 2006, Robert Boyd)

$1,000 for Your Genome? (Douglas Starr, Jan 2006, Boston Globe)

Genomes for All (George Church, Jan 2006, Scientific American)

Harvard's Church Calls for 'Open Source', Non-Anonymous Personal Genome Project (GenomeWeb, Nov 2005, Bernadette Toner)

DNA: The Machinery Behind Human Beings (NPR, Oct 2005, Robert Siegel & Joe Palca).

A New Threat in the Lab (Newsweek, Aug 2005, Claudia Kalb)

Startup: Designer Life (Technology Review, Aug 2005, Corie Lok)

Competition in gene analysis heats up (Boston Globe, Aug 2005, Ross Kerber)

2 New Methods to Sequence DNA Promise Vastly Lower Costs (NY Times, Aug 2005, Nicholas Wade)

Superfast DNA sequencing (US News, Aug 2005, Helen Fields)

'Cheap' genome sequencing now possible- scientists (Reuters, Aug 2005, Maggie Fox)

A Step Toward the $1,000 Personal Genome Using Lab Equipment. (Newswise, Aug 2005)

Synthetic Biologists Assemble Codon Devices Company (BioITWorld, July 2005, Kevin Davies)

Photoshop For DNA. (Forbes, June 2005, Matthew Herper)

Deciphering DNA, Top Speed (Technology Review, May 2005, Corie Lok)

Researchers devise cheaper way to make genes (Gazette, Mar 2005, Alvin Powell)

DNA technique for search tools. Harvard researchers working on a 'meaningful' approach to Chinese characters (South China Morning News, Feb 2005, Julia Zhu)

Biology's New Forbidden Fruit (NY Times Op-Ed, Feb 2005, Oliver Morton)

Researchers create long string of DNA. Technique seen aiding in quest for drug-making cells (NY Times, Jan 2005, Nicholas Wade)

Personalized medicine (Etopia Medical News, Oct 2004, Marc Strassman).

Gene sequencing coming to the masses (Boston Globe, July 2004, Jessica Lee)

Experts worry that synthetic biology may spawn biohackers (EE Times, Jun 2004, Chappell Brown)

Helping SNPs to Speak Up Louder Than Before (Genomics & Proteomics, May 2004, Vivien Marx).

DNA as Data (Harvard Magazine, Jan-Feb 2004, Patricia Thomas).

Tiny steps toward the $1,000 genome ; The Quest for the $1,000 Genome. (AP, CNN, MSNBC, Sep 2003, Justin Pope).

14 Sequencing Innovations that could change the way you work. (Genome Technology, Jul 2003, Meredith W. Salisbury).

Beyond Sanger: Toward the $1,000 Genome (The Scientist, June 2003, Aileen Constans)

The Facts of Life (NewScientist, May 2003, Claire Ainsworth)

Special Report: Moving Beyond Rediscovery to Novel Predictions. (Bio-IT World, Apr 2003, Malorye Branca & Andrea Califano)

Wild Type: Genomics Giant (Genome Technology, Apr 2003, Meredith W. Salisbury)

The Quest for Quality Bioengineering (Biosilico, Mar 2003, J.C. Louis)

Race for the $1000 genome is on (New Scientist, Oct 2002, Sylvia Pagan Westphal)

Gene Researchers Hunt Bargains, Fixer-Uppers (Science, Oct 2002, Elizabeth Pennisi)

$15 million grant will study bacteria at work (Gazette, Oct 2002, William J. Cromie)

To Fund Gene Quest, Venter Searches for Paying Subjects (Wall Street Journal, Oct 2002, Antonio Regalado)

E. coli Gets Wired (Science, August 2002, Constance Holden)

DOE Genomes to Life (July 2002, HMS, MIT ; WSJ, Antonio Regaldo; Boston Herald, Jennifer Powell; GNN, Kate Dalke; Focus, John Lacey)

Computer, Heal Thyself (Wired News, July 2002, Dermot McGrath)

Know your genes, know yourself (US News & World Report, May 2002, Janet Rae-Dupree)

Challenging the limits of computation (Incyte Featured Scientist, Jan 2002, Christopher Vaughan)

Computer search for microbes (NPR All things considered, Jan 2002, David Kestenbaum)

Bolstering Functional Genomics. (The Scientist, Jan 2002, Jeff Perkel).

As the Future Catches You: How Genomics and Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Your Work, Your Investments, Your World. (Juan Enriquez, Oct-2001)

Technique Enables Quick Accounting of Gene Function (Focus, Dec 2001, Anne Mahon)

Watching Genomes Work: A technology called TraSH asks, What do all these genes do? (GNN, Nov 2001, Edward R. Winstead)

Biologically Inspired Computing. (Computing in Science and Engineering, 2001, Nancy Forbes).

Personal Genomes. (Technology Review, Oct 2001, Erika Jonietz)

Armenise Speakers Advance Understanding Of Cancer Biology, Genomics (Focus, Sep 2001, Patricia Thomas)

Public, Private Drafts of Genome Found Comparable. (Focus, Feb 2001, Courtney Humphries)

Davos 2001 (Financial Times, Jan 2001, Clive Cookson)

Human genome drafts. (Genome Biology, Apr 2001, Jonathan B Weitzman)

Engineering Metabolism for Commercial Gains (Science, Mar 1999, Joseph Alper)

Advanced Technologies Drive Genomics, Proteomics (Focus, Oct 1998, Gabrielle Strobel)

Diverse Bioinformatics-Education Offerings Develop (the Scientist, Dec 1998, Paul Smaglik)

Capitalizing on the genome (Nature Genetics, May 1996) "In 1994, Genome Therapeutics announced the sequencing of the genome for Helicobacter pylori"

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