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...DNA PROFILING Dear sir, I just caught the last 5 minutes of your programme on DNA profiling and wondered is anything being done about a national database? I would think that if blood samples were taken from all new born babies and everyone immigrating to Britain, in about 15 years or so the database would be so good that anyone committing a crime and leaving a DNA trace...

...DNA in the bacterial communities living in the preterm babies’ guts. Using new techniques they developed, the investigators identified almost 800 genes in these bacterial communities that confer resistance to antibiotics. They noted that about 80 percent of these genes had not previously been associated with antibiotic resistance. “Our study demonstrates that even...

...DNA, has to enter bacteria in order to kill them. To do this, it entered bacteria by sneaking through siderophore receptors. Siderophore receptors are the bacterial equivalent of Achilles’ heel. Like all living organisms bacteria need iron, an element that easily swaps electrons, to conduct the business of life. Iron is one of the most abundant elements on the planet,...

...DNA) can be combined in different ways to create a huge and complex collection of information...An introduction to data and information in health and social care: 5.1 What is DNA? - DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is frequently in the news for four main reasons. DNA can be used in crime detection to eliminate innocent suspects from enquiries or, conversely, to identify with a...