News tagged with genome sequencing
Complete Genomics reports low-cost sequencing of 3 human genomes
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Complete Genomics, a third-generation human genome sequencing company, today announced publication of a report in the journal Science describing its proprietary DNA sequencing platform, including analysis of seq ...
Aluminum-oxide nanopore beats other materials for DNA analysis
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Fast and affordable genome sequencing has moved a step closer with a new solid-state nanopore sensor being developed by researchers at the University of Illinois.
'Personalized' genome sequencing reveals coding error in gene for inherited pancreatic cancer
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Scientists at the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have used "personalized genome" sequencing on an individual with a hereditary form of pancreatic cancer to locate a ...
Wild about the evolution of domesticated yeast
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It lives all around us and is probably one of the earliest domesticated organisms. Humans have been using it for tens of thousands of years. There is evidence that the Ancient Egyptians used it for baking ...
Scientists to sequence DNA of British wheat varieties
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Feb 11, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have been awarded £1.7 million to decode the genome of wheat, in order to help farmers increase the yield of British wheat varieties.
Parsing the genome of a deadly brain tumor
Sep 06, 2008 |
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The most comprehensive to-date genomic analysis of a cancer – the deadly brain tumor glioblastoma multiforme – shows previously unrecognized changes in genes and provides an overall view of the missteps in the pathways that ...
