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A high-tech DNA database holding genetic details of patients with cancer and rare diseases will be rolled out in the next three to five years, the government announced on Monday.

The 100 million NHS project, the first of its kind within a mainstream health system, will see up to 100,000 patients getting their DNA code sequenced in a bid to improve treatment standards and develop new life-saving drugs.

"By unlocking the power of DNA data, the NHS will lead the global race for better tests, better drugs and above all better care," said Prime Minister David Cameron.

"We are turning an important scientific breakthrough into a potentially life-saving reality for NHS patients across the country," he added.

Funds earmarked for the project, drawn from existing NHS budgets, will be spent on training genetic scientists, DNA mapping and creating a system for handling the information.

Technical advances have led to a dramatic reduction in the cost of sequencing a person's DNA to 1,000 per individual from 500 million in 2000.

"This funding opens up the possibility of being able to look at the three billion DNA pieces in each of us so we can get a greater understanding of the complex relationship between our genes and lifestyle," said Dame Sally Davies, the government's chief medical officer.

Scientists will need approval from patients before mapping their DNA. The data will then be anonymised before being stored.

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David Cameron is to unveil plans for a DNA database that could one day hold the genetic details of every person in Britain.

The 100m project will see 100,000 patients with cancer and rare diseases having their DNA fully mapped as part of a drive to revolutionise NHS treatment.

The project, to take place in England over the next three to five years, is aimed at saving thousands of lives - but there are concerns that it could pose risks to privacy.

The Prime Minister said he wanted to "push the boundaries" by introducing mainstream genetic sequencing for the first time.

"Britain has often led the world in scientific breakthroughs and medical innovations, from the first CT scan and test-tube baby through to decoding DNA," Mr Cameron said.

"By unlocking the power of DNA data, the NHS will lead the global race for better tests, better drugs and above all better care.

"We are turning an important scientific breakthrough into a potentially life-saving reality for NHS patients across the country.

"If we get this right, we could transform how we diagnose and treat our most complex diseases not only here but across the world, while enabling our best scientists to discover the next wonder drug or breakthrough technology."

Some critics of the project, known as the "UK genome plan", have voiced concerns about how the data will be used and shared with third parties, including with commercial organisations such as drug companies.

GeneWatch, a campaign group fighting for genetic science and technologies to be used in the public interest, has said anyone with access to the database could use the genetic codes to identify and track every individual on it and their relatives.

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DNA Database: £100m Bid To Cut Cancer Deaths

STONY BROOK, NY--(Marketwire - Dec 10, 2012) - Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. ( OTCBB : APDN ), (Twitter: @APDN), a provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology and product authentication solutions, announced today that its evidentiary DNA platform has been adopted in Sweden for use in helping protect cash in transit in that country.The security company Nokas AS revealed that APDN's marking and authentication platform will first be deployed in armored vehicles in the Stockholm area and then expanded to the company's entire fleet.

The technology comes into play during a robbery, when botanically-based DNA marks within a water-based spray are released on cash notes and the criminals themselves.The marks can survive on the notes, clothes, and skin for long periods of time.In court, they provide accepted evidence directly linking criminals to the crime.

Nokas, based in Norway, fields a fleet of over 250 armored trucks to transport cash. It is one of only two cash transport companies in Sweden servicing many retail chains, large banks and other institutions.

The APDN platform for cash in transit already has been used with great success in the United Kingdom, where DNA evidence has helped in over fifty convictions of armed and dangerous criminals since 2009, in an environment where front-line police and private guards are typically unarmed.The DNA marking and authentication platform protects more than 26% of cash being transported to and from banks in the United Kingdom.

Johan Petersson, Nokas security officer, commented, "This is an exciting development for the entire security industry. We are the first with new technology in cash in transit in this region, which helps deter crime and helps the judiciary to prosecute any offense. Using this new technology, Nokas will provide added security to its staff and customers.We believe we are at the forefront."

Elsewhere in Sweden, adoption of the APDN DNA platform has been expanding.

Both APDN products, as well as the cash-in-transit platform, are branded in Sweden as SmartDNA.

Detective Anders Burn, intelligence chief of the county police in Stockholm commented on the use of DNA marking and authentication by law enforcement:

"The police have seen the positive experience with SmartDNA in England.Today SmartDNA is a tool that we know how to use, helping us find the perpetrator and then to tie him to the crime.Moreover, we can trace the rightful owner of the stolen goods."

Leif Svensson, CEO of the Sweden consulting group Safe Solution AB, which has been instrumental in adoption of the platform in Sweden, observed:

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Mark Landau - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview
Also see batgap.com After devoting a lifetime to healing and awakening himself and others utilizing therapy, Transcendental and other Meditations, energy and bodywork, 12-step programs, Rebirthing, Shamanic Journey, Soul Retrieval, DNA Activation, Sacred Spirit Healing and esoteric Hindu, Vedic, Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Kahuna and Native-American practices, and, ultimately, pretty much giving up on himself for this lifetime as just too damaged, Mark Landau was gifted with divine guidance to co-create the tool that did for him what nothing else could. He now facilitates healing circles and sessions. He has a Masters in Linguistics and is ordained as an Interfaith Minister and Spiritual Counselor. He worked very closely with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of Transcendental Meditation, and studied and worked with four other teachers. By 2002, he had worked with thousands of people worldwide and had one book published and a growing following as a spiritual teacher. But his inner life didn #39;t reflect this, so he stopped. On 4/29/12, the day after his sixty-sixth birthday, he discovered a technique that finally brought about what he always wanted. He offers it freely to everyone and lives in Santa Fe. Interview recorded 11/22/2012.From:BuddhaAtTheGasPumpViews:5 0ratingsTime:02:05:10More inPeople Blogs

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Little Mix - Love Drunk with lyrics
Love Drunk by X Factor 2011 winners Little Mix it is on their album DNA which is out now 😀 i couldn #39;t find any lyrics for this song, so i made one i don #39;t own anything no copyright intended, my first lyric video request for moreFrom:Jesy NelsonViews:0 0ratingsTime:03:38More inMusic

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[DNA] Dance National Association: Christmas Party Introduction @SetiaWalk
2012 CHRISTMAS PARTY organized by Dance National Association [DNA]. This is just a clip of introduction, more other performance #39;s clips coming up soon. Stay tuned ^_^From:Jacqueline ChenViews:3 0ratingsTime:05:13More inEntertainment

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Breaking News Another Victory for the Light
The Broadcast System which returns Mother Earth to Her Perfected Balanced Harmonics has Been Activated on the surface of Mother Earth. Now a Broadcast System Message will Be Sent from the Center of the Magnetic field to All the Connected Open Portals around the Planet. This will Occur On December 12th 2012 and December 21st 2012. This Broadcast System will release Light Information to assist in the Birth of the New Paradigm. When we achieved Balanced Harmonics at the Center, this Activated a Tone, which will Be Calling Each Beings Higher Selves. This Note is encoded into each beings DNA which Sends a Signal that The Moment has Come to Go Home. All Chakra Systems will be Aligning to this Broadcast Signal of Balanced Harmonics. What this is Accomplishing is a Web of Light, all Connected on the Surface of Mother Earth. All energies are Aligining together in Perfect Harmony to bring forth the close of this cycle and the Birth of the New Parqadigm. This Event is Inevitable on this Planet, and Has Begun. This is the Energy Activation We have been working towards that has Now been achieved. One=Won For the Light! Read the full message: soundofheart.orgFrom:GalacticCentralViews:165 8ratingsTime:02:01More inNonprofits Activism

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Nigel feat. Paras: CellYOLOse , Meck Cell Song
Meck Cell Song: CellYOLOse [Nigel] I #39;m A Lysosome; Y #39;all Don #39;t Get it Do Ya? Type of Enzymes Everybody Acting Like They Knew Ya, Go Upstairs to the Centriole..., The Nucleus Love Me Like a Golgi Body Tell the Chloroplast to Get Than CO2, Working Hard, Using Water, There #39;s A Lot to do, Stem Cells, Got a Cure for Everything, Still Get Them From the Babies, Can #39;t that Change? I #39;m a Cell, I #39;m a Cell, I #39;m a Cell, 25 nuclei in 25 cells, I #39;m Leeuwenhoek and I #39;m Looking at My Cells, Organelle, Part of the Cell That Does Certain Jobs, Okay, Membrane Telling Certain Things to Stop, My Cell Good But Can #39;t Stop Water from Passing, Neurons Send Info, Pass It Like a Relay, Mitochondria, Can #39;t Find Them in Bacteria, It #39;s Making ATP All the Time-o, Without ATP All the Cells Would be Dead-o, [Paras] Some, One Looking at Cork, Hooke #39;s Calling the Cells Out Like an Umpire, Six, Kingdoms Of Life, Mitosis and Meiosis are Essential To Life, The, Membrane Keeps the Things In, Wish the Chloroplast Was in Animals Too, Then it would be Easier to Produce Some Food, That #39;s the ER, Lipids are Created, Apoptosis, Tear Down, I #39;m Twisted, DNA, Talk smart, Phospholipid Head, Cilia moves, any cell, So Does Flagella, Mitochondria #39;s like, Energizer Bunny, Funny how Fructose is Sweet like Sugar, Ain #39;t this Sweet? Cells got to Isotonic, Or- They- Gonna-Blow-Up, Meck, Meck, Meck, Assigned This, Oh--My-God, Nigel this is so hard, [Nigel] Paras! [Together] Sung TWO Times With a Cell Take A Photo, You Already ...From:nigel patelViews:1 0ratingsTime:02:20More inEntertainment

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Huskies romp in first snow storm of 2012/3
It #39;s the first big snowfall of the 2012/3 winter season, and our huskies, Wizard and Gypsy, are energized! I #39;ve also just picked up a new phone, the Droid DNA, and am giving it a test run. Don #39;t worry, it #39;s not all scruff-chomping -- they break (on cue!) to run around in the snow about half way in.From:Dale TrexelViews:1 0ratingsTime:01:41More inPets Animals

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DNA replication in real time.
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