Arizona researchers to sequence West African rice strain
A $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow University of Arizona researchers to unlock the genetic code of West African cultivated rice and along the way to gain knowledge that could help commercial rice strains to better withstand dwindling resources, a changing climate...New MR sequence helps radiologists more accurately evaluate abnormalities of the uterus and ovaries
A new MR imaging sequence, T2-weighted BLADE, used to image the female pelvis improves image quality and helps radiologists make a more accurate diagnosis, according to a study performed at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. A total of 26 patients were imaged usi...Scientists From 25 Countries Sequence Cow Genome
Could lead to better breeding techniques, shed light on human genome THURSDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) -- A consortium of more than 300 researchers in 25 countries has succeeded in sequencing the entire genome of the placid, farm-dwelling cow. The feat has implications for underst...Genome sequence of lancelet shows how genes quadrupled during vertebrate evolution
Berkeley The newly sequenced genome of a dainty, quill-like sea creature called a lancelet provides the best evidence yet that vertebrates evolved over the past 550 million years through a four-fold duplication of the genes of more primitive ancestors. The late geneticist Susumu Ohno argued in...Researchers Publish Genome Sequence for Duck-Billed Platypus
One of the few mammals that lays eggs offers clues to evolution of all mammalian genes WEDNESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- An international team of scientists has published the first analysis of the genome sequence of the duck-billed platypus, one of the few mammals that lays eggs. ...Gene sequence that can make half of us fatter is discovered
A gene sequence linked to an expanding waist line, weight gain and a tendency to develop type 2 diabetes has been discovered as part of a study published today in the journal Nature Genetics. The study also shows that the gene sequence is significantly more common in those with Indian Asian th...Microarray Sequence Capture Speeds Large-Scale Resequencing of Targeted Genomic Regions
MADISON, Wis., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Roche NimbleGen Inc., a fully integrated part of Roche Applied Science, today have published details of a highly efficient and cost-effective method for capturing targeted regions of the genome via NimbleChip(...NOVAVAX Achieves Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Production Milestone
... This milestone was accomplished in only 11 weeks after receiving the gene sequence for the H1N1 strain from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The Company...eign countries. A detailed timeline describing the process from gene sequence to cGMP manufacturing is available on the Novavax website (www.Novavax.com)...Researchers Create First Targeted Knockout Rats Using Zinc Finger Nuclease Technology
...he engineering of a class of DNA-binding proteins known as zinc finger DNA-binding proteins (ZFPs). By engineering ZFPs that recognize a specific DNA sequence Sangamo has created ZFP transcription factors (ZFP TF(TM)) that can control gene expression and, consequently, cell function. Sangamo also is develop...AlphaVax Announces Results from Initial Testing of Its H1N1 (Swine) Influenza Vaccine
... The studies performed at AlphaVax utilized the California 04/2009 HA sequence obtained from the WHO GISAID database on April 25th. Mice inoculated with ..., which is less than three full months from our initial receipt of the gene sequence from the WHO. We are currently scaling up the process used to manufacture V...deCODE-led Megastudy Finds New Genetic Clues to Causes of Schizophrenia
...ewswire-FirstCall/ -- The largest study of the genetics of schizophrenia ever undertaken has revealed several new common single-letter variants in the sequence of the human genome (SNPs) linked to risk of the disease. The study, by a multinational consortium of scientists led by a team from deCODE genetics (N...ABI Prism 7000 Sequence Detection System with Notebook Computer
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Blacksburg, Va. A collaboration of researchers, which includes scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) and Virginia Tech, have completed the genome sequence of Azotobacter vinelandii , uncovering important genetic information that will contribute to a more complete understandin...Elephant shark genome sequence leads to discovery of color perception in deep-sea fish
The elephant shark, a primitive deep-sea fish that belongs to the oldest living family of jawed vertebrates, can see color much like humans can. This discovery, published in the March 2009 issue of Genome Research , may enhance scientists' understanding of how color vision evolved in early ve...Ancestral genome of present-day African great apes & humans had burst of DNA sequence duplication
The genome of the evolutionary ancestor of humans and present-day apes underwent a burst of activity in duplicating segments of DNA, according to a study to be published in Nature Feb 12, the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday. "The new study shows big differences in the genomes ...Scientists to sequence DNA of British wheat varieties
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. Bread wheat, with an estimated world harvest of more than 550 million tonnes, is one of the most important food crops in...Genome sequence shows sorghum's immense potential
Athens, Ga. Southerners may best know sorghum as sweet, biscuit-topping syrup. But the small grain's uses range from a dependable, drought-tolerant food crop to biofuel source, says a University of Georgia researcher who led a team that recently sequenced the plant's genome. "Sorghum's importa...Research consortium to sequence turkey genome
Blacksburg, Va. An international consortium of researchers has begun an effort to sequence the genome of the domesticated turkey, Meleagris gallopavo. The genome sequence will be obtained using the Roche GS-FLX sequencing platform and the recently launched Roche GS FLX Titanium PicoTiterPlate dev...First Catalog Cancer Biochip for Sequence Capture Now Available from febit
LEXINGTON, Mass. and HEIDELBERG, Germany, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- febit holding gmbh announced today the launch of the first human cancer biochip for HybSelect, febit's highly automated technology for sequence capture, enabling targeted Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS). The new catal...It's Not Just the Sun: deCODE Discovers Sequence Variants Affecting Susceptibility to Skin Cancer
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scientists at deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN ) and academic colleagues from Europe and the United States today present in the journal Nature Genetics the discovery of common genetic risk factors for basal cell carcinoma (BCC) that affect peop...New cow genome sequence released
Scientists from the University of Maryland have published their assembly of the domestic cow ( Bos taurus ), an important new resource for the genetics community. The new version of the cow genome improves considerably on other assemblies, in terms of both completeness and accuracy. The article de...Automated Sequence Capture for Next-Generation Sequencing Paves the Way for Personalized Medicine
HybSelect(TM) first to provide high coverage and megabase capacity for the next generation sequencing community LEXINGTON, Mass. and HEIDELBERG, Germany, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- febit today announced the official launch of its new sequence capture technology HybSelect. In several biomedica...Silencer Validated siRNA - with sequence information 20 nmol from Ambion
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