When we make a new friend or become part of a group it is because we experience some kind of affinity toward these people. It appears that this affinity could be mediated by the action of our genes, according to a study published in the journal PNAS by scientists at the University of California at San Diego

XAVIER PUJOL GEBELLÍ | JANUARY 21st, 2011

In May 2000, the first details of the human genome were leaked to the public shortly before the complete DNA sequence was presented a month later in an unheard of collaboration between the magazines 'Nature' and 'Science' with none other than Bill Clinton, then president of the United States, acting as host at the presentation of the crowning moment in genetics. Ten years later, advances in technology have surpassed all expectations, but science still has a very long way to go before all the potential that historic moment gave life to will be realized.

Alicia Rivera | 4 may 2010