Complete Genomes of All Known Human Rhinoviruses are Published
First comprehensive sequencing and analysis of strains responsible for common cold and other respiratory illnesses, give clues to evolution and diversity of the virus ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A team of researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI); the Unive...3 sequencing companies join 1000 Genomes Project
Leaders of the 1000 Genomes Project announced today that three firms that have pioneered development of new sequencing technologies have joined the international effort to build the most detailed map to date of human genetic variation as a tool for medical research. The new participants are: 454 L...Project Will Map Genomes of 1,000 People Worldwide
International effort should spot genes that help cause disease, scientists say TUESDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The genomes of 1,000 people worldwide will be mapped in what scientists are calling the most detailed and medically relevant look at human genetic variation ever conduct...International consortium announces the 1000 Genomes Project
An international research consortium today announced the 1000 Genomes Project, an ambitious effort that will involve sequencing the genomes of at least a thousand people from around the world to create the most detailed and medically useful picture to date of human genetic variation. The project w...deCODE-led Megastudy Finds New Genetic Clues to Causes of Schizophrenia
...inked to risk of the disease. The study, by a multinational consortium of scientists led by a team from deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN ), analyzed the genomes of more than 50,000 patients and control participants from fourteen countries. It is published today in the online edition of Nature. One of th...ADHD Genes Found; Known to Play Roles in Neurodevelopment
...y studies to be strongly influenced by genetics. Drawing on DNA samples from the Children's Hospital pediatric network, the researchers analyzed genomes from 335 ADHD patients and their families, compared to more than 2,000 unrelated healthy children. The team used highly automated gene-analyzing techn...First Jatropha Genome Completed by Synthetic Genomics Inc. and Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology
... Partners Analyze Jatropha Genome and Associated Microbial genomes to Understand and Improve Plant Yield and Health to Develop Renewable Fuels, Biofertlizers, and Disease Control Solutions Jatropha Genome Represe...St. Jude Identifies Genomic Causes of a Certain Type of Leukemia Relapse
...tion was limited, and there had never been a broad comparison of the entire genomes of ALL at initial diagnosis and at subsequent relapse. In the stud...28, 2008, issue of the journal Science , St. Jude researchers compared the genomes of the cancer cells of 61 childhood ALL patients when they were initially d...After dinosaurs, mammals rise but their genomes get smaller
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Evidence buried in the chromosomes of animals and plants strongly suggests only one group -- mammals -- have seen their genomes shrink after the dinosaurs' extinction. What's more, that trend continues today, say Indiana University Bloomington scientists in the first issue of ...New computational technique allows comparison of whole genomes as easily as whole books
Berkeley -- Taking a hint from the text comparison methods used to detect plagiarism in books, college papers and computer programs, University of California, Berkeley, researchers have developed an improved method for comparing whole genome sequences. With nearly a thousand genomes partly or f...Cold Spring Harbor Protocols features methods for analyzing genomes and plant cells
COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. (Monday, June 2, 2008) With the sequencing of the human genome came the startling revelation that the number of copies of a genes and other DNA sequences can vary widely between individuals. This copy number variation (or CNV), contributes to our species' genetic diver...Cold Spring Harbor Protocols features methods to screen genomes and analyze evolution
COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. (Tuesday, April 1, 2008) Identifying genes that are important in specific tissues or processes in the mouse used to be a monumental task. New technologies and strategies have simplified this search, making it effective for even the smallest laboratories. This months i...Latest Integrated Microbial Genomes data management system update release
WALNUT CREEK, CA--Version 2.4 of the Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) data management system, a resource provided to the scientific community for microbial genome data analysis, has now been released. Hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), IMG has built a popul...Scientists decode genomes of diverse TB isolates
Cambridge, MA An international collaboration led by researchers in the US and South Africa today announced the first genome sequence of an extensively drug resistant (XDR) strain of the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, one linked to more than 50 deaths in a recent tuberculosis (TB) outbreak ...Whole Genomes From Microbes to Man
Madison, WI-- Optical Mapping is a new technology that will be used to discover why patients experience toxic side effects, or fail to respond to medication and to identify the causes of antibiotic resistance and virulence in pathogenic organisms. Wisconsin- based OpGen, has announced the commercia...Cenix-Designed siRNAs for 95% of Human and Mouse Genomes
siRNA designs now available for >95% of all human and mouse genes listed in RefSeq Design algorithm developed by Cenix results in highly effective siRNAs High quality custom siRNA synthes...New BL21-CodonPlus Cells Correct Codon Bias in GC-Rich Genomes
High-level expression of heterologous proteins Carsten-Peter Carstens Julie Bonnardel Anna Waesche Ronda Allen Stratagene Codon bias is a significant obstacle for efficient expression of heterologous genes in E. coli hosts. In GC-rich genomes, such as mammals, rare arg...New drugs faster from natural compounds: A UC San Diego breakthrough
...is currently difficult, time-consuming and costly to determine the molecular structure of NRPs which, by definition, are not directly inscribed in the genomes of the organisms that produce them. "NRPs are one of the last bastions of pharmacologically important biological compounds that remain virtually un...febit First to Offer Newly Published Mouse Genome on a Chip for DNA/RNA Detection and Enrichment
...equencing at the current state of the art." In the near future, Next-Generation Sequencing technologies will lead to a rising number of completed genomes of model organisms and other species of interest, as demonstrated by the updated mouse genome. This accelerated development will generate a variety of...deCODE Discovers a Gene Linked to Risk of Kidney Stones and Osteoporosis
...e of kidney stones, and in women carriers it is also associated with decreased BMD at the hip and spine. The study, which involved the analysis of the genomes of some 50,000 patients and controls, is published in the online edition of Nature Genetics at http://www.nature.com/ng and will appear in upcoming ...Orfmer Sets - S. typhimurium from Sigma-Genosys
Description:... The recent sequencing of Salmonella genomes has allowed the development of the S. enterica Typhimurium ORFmer PCR* primer pairs. The S. enterica Typhimurium (strain LT2) genome consists of a sin...