HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- There may be an association between alcoholism and a cluster of genes on chromosome 11, according to researchers who analyzed the genomes of nearly 1,900 white and black Americans.

The European Commission on Tuesday approved the cultivation of genetically-modified potatoes, prompting an angry response from environmental campaign groups and two EU member governments.

Dogs are possibly the most varied-looking mammal species on the planet. It's this diversity of looks that make man's best friend the perfect laboratory for connecting sets of genes to particular traits and understanding the molecular mechanisms that govern variation in dogs as well as humans and other mammals.

German pharmaceutical giant Merck KGaA on Monday hailed its takeover of Millipore, a US biotechnology firm, with Merck chief executive Karl-Ludwig Kley saying he felt like he had won a gold medal.

German pharmaceutical giant Merck KGaA announced late Sunday its acquisition of Millipore Corporation, a Billerica, Massachusetts-based biotechnology firm for 7.2 billion dollars (5.3 billion euros).

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Genes that influence tooth development in the first year of life have been identified by British and Finnish researchers.

thDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are moving ahead -- although sometimes ploddingly -- toward the goal of using stem cell therapies to rescue people with cardiovascular disease, the leading killer of men and women in the United States.

thDay - MONDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified a mutation in a small number of black American men with a family history of prostate cancer.

Clinics that offer to bank stem cells from the umbilical cords of newborns for use later in life when illness strikes are fraudsters, a top US scientist said.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new study is among the first to hint that gene therapy could become a weapon against the virus that causes AIDS.