A collaboration between researchers at Columbia University and Marija Drndić of the University of Pennsylvania has been awarded a three-year, $1.5 million grant for a project aimed at reducing the cost of genome sequencing. ...
Biotechnology
Oct 15, 2012
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(Phys.org)—When ancestral humans walked out of Africa tens of thousands of years ago, Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies came along with them. Now the fruit flies, widely used for genetics research, are returning to Africa ...
Biotechnology
Oct 12, 2012
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced nearly $15 million in new big data fundamental research projects. These awards aim to develop new tools and methods to extract ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 3, 2012
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European researchers enhanced the selectivity of state-of-the-art genetic sequencing methods using nanotechnology. Immediate application in detection of strains of Salmonella and Staphylococcus should facilitate speedy identification ...
Biotechnology
Aug 10, 2012
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(Medical Xpress) -- The exceptional research potential of a native Australian plant has been accelerated by the release of both its DNA and RNA sequence by University of Sydney researchers and their partners.
Biotechnology
Jul 31, 2012
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Popularly dubbed "the book of life," the human genome is extraordinarily difficult to read. But without full knowledge of its grammar and syntax, the genome's 2.9 billion base-pairs of adenine and thymine, cytosine and guanine ...
Biotechnology
Jul 1, 2012
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A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the National Human Genome Research Institute has evaluated the whole genomic sequence of stem cells derived from human bone marrow cells—so-called induced pluripotent ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 1, 2012
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Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Yale University have developed a new concept for use in a high-speed genomic sequencing device that may have the potential to substantially drive down costs.
Bio & Medicine
Apr 24, 2012
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Max Planck researchers analyze the two chromosome sets in the human genome separately for the first time.
Biotechnology
Sep 12, 2011
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Medical researchers have unlocked the human genome, wiped out smallpox and made great strides in the fight against AIDS.
Other
Jun 7, 2011
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