Lipids play a key role in many metabolic diseases, including hypertension, diabetes, and stroke. So having a complete profile of the body's lipids—its "lipidome"—is important.
Biochemistry
Jul 25, 2017
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Evolution takes eons, but it leaves marks on the genomes of organisms that can be detected with DNA sequencing and analysis.
Biotechnology
Jun 22, 2017
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Kent researchers have identified how few mutations it can take for Ebolaviruses to adapt to affect previously resistant species.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 15, 2017
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Genome assembly projects are costly in both time and money; where identifying problems with your data post-assembly can be a real setback. With the K-mer Analysis Toolkit (KAT), researchers can access and confirm their results ...
Biotechnology
Dec 5, 2016
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A*STAR researchers have developed a new bioinformatics tool called flowAI, which provides a more objective, efficient and intuitive solution to the quality control of data acquired via a common biological technique called ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 30, 2016
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Scientists from ITMO University, the Federal Research and Clinical Centre of Physical-Chemical Medicine and MIPT have developed a software program that quickly compares sets of DNA of microorganisms living in different environments. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 16, 2016
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New software developed at A*STAR could help scientists design sophisticated biopharmaceutical drugs that demand the joining of proteins together. The tool, which is freely available online, allows researchers and drug developers ...
Other
Mar 23, 2016
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A team of scientists from Germany, the United States and Russia, including Dr. Mark Borodovsky, a Chair of the Department of Bioinformatics at MIPT, have proposed an algorithm to automate the process of searching for genes, ...
Biotechnology
Jan 18, 2016
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Scientists at TGAC have been putting Oxford Nanopore's MinION sequencer through its paces with an open-source, sequence alignment-based genome analysis tool called 'NanoOK'.
Biotechnology
Dec 21, 2015
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How do Netflix or Facebook know which movies you might like or who you might want to be friends with?
Computer Sciences
Nov 5, 2015
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