News tagged with cancer genomes
Getting down to cancer basics
Mar 29, 2009 |
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Researchers have identified a new cancer gene - one that is common to many cancers and affects the most basic regulation of our genes. The new example - a gene on the X chromosome called UTX - is found in 10% of cases of ...
15 human genomes each week
Jul 02, 2008 |
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The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has sequenced the equivalent of 300 human genomes in just over six months. The Institute has just reached the staggering total of 1,000,000,000,000 letters of genetic code that will be ...
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Researchers discover genetic cancer link between humans and dogs
Feb 28, 2008 |
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Cancer researchers at the University of Minnesota and North Carolina State University have found that humans and dogs share more than friendship and companionship – they also share the same genetic basis for ...
Algorithm developed to detect cancer genes
May 09, 2006 |
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New York scientists say they have developed an algorithm that enhances the ability to detect cancer genes.
Complete Genomics deciphers 14 human genomes
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Complete Genomics, a Mountain View, Calif., startup, has announced that it had deciphered 14 full human genomes for customers that include pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and leading medical research institutes, a significant ...
Camouflaging of viral DNA could be crucial step in progression of cancers
Feb 09, 2009 |
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An estimated 15% of cancer cases can be linked to a viral infection, however the biological changes that cause some asymptomatic carriers of a virus to develop full-blown tumors are not well understood. In a study published ...
Johns Hopkins to participate in 1000 Genomes Project
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Researchers at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine (IGM) at Johns Hopkins will join other national and international scientists in the 1000 Genomes Project, an ambitious effort that will involve sequencing ...
On the origin of subspecies
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Feb 11, 2009 |
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Scientists have sequenced over seventy strains of yeast, the greatest number of genomes for any species.
New genome sequencing targets announced
Jul 24, 2006 |
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The U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute has announced several new sequencing targets, including the northern white-cheeked gibbon.
Decoding leukemia patient genome leads scientists to mutations in other patients
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Decoding the complete DNA of cancer patients is giving scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis a clearer picture of the complexity of the disease and allowing them to see intriguing and unexpected ...
Researchers identify proteins in lung cancer cells that may provide potential drug targets
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Boston University Biomedical Engineering Department have identified a number of proteins whose activation allows them to distinguish between cancer and ...
Mystery E. coli genes essential for survival of many species
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Scientists have shown that E. coli - one of the best known and extensively studied organisms in the world - remains an enigma that may hold the key to human diseases, such as cancer.
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