Study reveals new technique for fingerprinting environmental samples
Groundbreaking research led by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) demonstrates for the first time that the signatures of the genes alone in terrestrial and aquatic samples can accurately diagnose the health of the sampled environments. This study, published in the April 22nd edition of the journal Science positions large-scale genome sequencing to accelerate advances i...New DNA 'fingerprinting' technique separates hemp from marijuana
Using new DNA "fingerprinting" techniques, two University of Minnesota researchers have become the first to unequivocally separate hemp plants from marijuana plants with genetic markers. Hemp, a crop grown for durable fiber and nutritious seed, and marijuana, the most abundant illegal drug of abuse in the United States, both belong to the species Cannabis sativa. They differ in levels of...Eminent inventor of DNA fingerprinting gains new recognition
The inventor of DNA Fingerprinting at the University of Leicester, Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, is to be honoured with a prestigious international accolade later this year, it has been announced. Sir Alec, who is Royal Society Wolfson Research Professor in the Department of Genetics, is to be awarded the Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 2006 by the Royal Netherlands A...Fingerprinting II Comparative Quantification and Polymorphism Analysis from Bio-Rad
Description:Fingerprinting II comparative quantification and polymorphism analysis is an optional module that adds comparative quantification and polymorphism analysis functions to the Fingerprinting II Basic software package....Fingerprinting II Informatix, optional matrix types module from Bio-Rad
Description:Fingerprinting II Informatix optional matrix types module, is an optional module that adds external similarity and distance matrix functions to the Fingerprinting II Informatix software package....Fingerprinting II Cluster Analysis from Bio-Rad
Description:Fingerprinting II cluster analysis is an optional module that adds dendrogram and phylogenetic tree construction, cluster and group significance, and congruence of techniques functions to the Fingerprinting II Basic software package....Fingerprinting II Informatix Dimensioning Techniques from Bio-Rad
Description:Fingerprinting II Informatix dimensioning techniques is an optional module that adds principal component analysis, multidimensional scaling, discriminant analysis and MANOVA, and self-organizing maps to the Fingerprinting II Informatix software package....Fingerprinting II Identification and Library Manager from Bio-Rad
Description:Fingerprinting II identification and library manager is an optional module that adds capabilities for quick similarity searches and identification of unknowns against a library of entries of the same taxon or group to the Fingerprinting II Basic software package....“Brain fingerprinting”- The new lie detectr
In an exciting development, in the field of criminology, a new lie detector has been developed in the United States of America. This is called “brain fingerprinting”. This invention is supposed to be the best lie detector available as on date and is said to detect even smooth criminals who pass the polygraph test (the conventional lie detector test) with ease. The new method employs brain waves,...Fingerprinting prostate cancer
Two new genes which are active in prostate cancer have been identified by US researchers. At a molecular level, cancer tissue differs markedly from normal healthy tissue in its pattern of gene activity. Researchers have now developed the tools that can visualise analyse these 'molecular fingerprints' that characterise the cancerous cell. Using microarray technology, it's now possible to analyse t...Inventor of DNA fingerprinting Wins Accolades
Professor Sir Alec Jeffrey, Royal Society Wolfson Research Professor and inventor of DNA Fingerprinting at the University of Leicester, wins prestigious// international accolade which will be awarded to him later this year. He is to be awarded the Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 2006 by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in recognition of the disc...