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1. Threat of action against Hospital Authority over baby mix-up

   Posted May 12th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... for a DNA test were returned. The Hospital Authority in February asked 180 mothers who delivered babies at the then Tsan Yuk Hospital between November 28 and December 14 in 1976 to take DNA tests ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/637256/threat-action-against-hospital-authority-over-baby-mix
2. News - Hong Kong - HEALTH

   Study finds diabetes DNA in 80pc of Chinese

   Posted Mar 27th 2013, 12:00am by LO WEI

   ... News Hong Kong Diabetes DNA Chinese Lo Wei wei.lo@scmp.com Hong Kong and Shanghai researchers have identified a genetic marker for diabetes in the Chinese population. The discovery is expected to lead to improvements in the treatment and prevention of the disease. The study, conducted by scientists from the Chinese University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, found the marker ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1200507/study-finds-diabetes-dna-80pc-chinese
3. Lifestyle - Health - HEALTH BITES

   Health Bites

   Posted Jan 22nd 2013, 12:00am by JEANETTE WANG

   ... one of the researchers, Dr Mogens Jensenius of the University of Oslo.   DNA helps predict cancer return Medical researchers at the University of Alberta tested the DNA of more than 300 women ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1133047/health-bites
4. News - World - UNITED STATES

   Doggy DNA lands recalcitrant condo tenants in poop

   Posted Jan 14th 2013, 12:00am by MCT

   ... News World DNA Testing US McClatchy-Tribune in Orlando A condominium tower in Florida has a mess on its hands: Some residents are not cleaning up after their pooches. So the building's proprietors are turning to doggie DNA testing to root out the culprits and hand hefty fines to their owners. The Vue plans to launch the testing next month to determine who is leaving ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1127263/doggy-dna-lands-recalcitrant-condo-tenants-poop
5. News - Hong Kong - CRIME

   DNA test to confirm body is that of Fanling wounding suspect

   Posted Nov 02nd 2012, 12:00am by Clifford Lo

   ... the clothing also matched descriptions of what the wanted person wore. However, a DNA test was needed to confirm the man's identity. The results would be available in about a month. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1074361/dna-test-confirm-body-fanling-wounding-suspect
6. Use technology if convictions are in doubt: legislator

   Posted Jun 12th 2006, 12:00am by Anita Lam

   ... later. There were a lot of unanswered questions in his case.' Mr Leung said no DNA tests had ever been performed in his case and the defendant, who lost his appeal in 2001, was not aware DNA ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/552461/use-technology-if-convictions-are-doubt-legislator
7. News - World - TECHNOLOGY

   British scientists use man-made DNA speck to store 739kB of digital data

   Posted Jan 25th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World DNA Data Storage Digital Information Agence France-Presse in Paris British scientists put Shakespeare's sonnets onto barely visible speck and say all the world's digital information could be similarly preserved Scientists in Britain have announced a breakthrough in the quest to turn DNA into a revolutionary form of data storage that could fit ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1135400/british-scientists-use-man-made-dna-speck-store-739kb-digital-data
8. News - World - SCIENCE

   Asians, native Americans descended from same group, DNA analysis shows

   Posted Jan 24th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World DNA Asian Native American Human Agence France-Presse in Washington Present-day Asians and native Americans are descended from a group of people who were already in China 40,000 years ago, according to an analysis of fossil DNA published this week. The analysis showed that the early modern humans in present-day Beijing had diverged genetically from the ancestors ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1134701/asians-native-americans-descended-same-group-dna-analysis-shows
9. Lead on baby mix-up comes to nothing

   Posted Jul 31st 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Biology Biometrics DNA Loretta Fong Another effort to find the biological family of a man swapped with another newborn in a hospital mix-up 31 years ago has come to nothing. An anonymous man who came forward and had his DNA tested this month is not the biological son of the woman who reared Kelvin Li Kwok-yin as her own son. DNA tests on another man in January also came ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/647177/lead-baby-mix-comes-nothing
10. Lifestyle - Technology - SHORT SCIENCE

    Short Science, April 21, 2013

    Posted Apr 21st 2013, 12:00am by AFP

    ... Lifestyle Technology Genetics Zebrafish Parenting DNA Coelacanth Science Zebrafish helping fight disease in the lab One of the world's most popular aquarium fishes has joined the rat, the mouse, fruit fly and nematode worm in the roll call of creatures whose DNA has been sequenced to help fight disease among humans. A consortium of researchers unveiled the genome of the zebrafish ...

    http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1219320/short-science-april-21-2013

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