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Charles Darwin "too controversial" for America
in Sox First, on September 13, 2009
... religious fundamentalism). And yet, America has led the way in other area like mapping the human genome and drug research. Go figure! This is alarming stuff. If you want, you can check out the trai...
Genetic Test for Cystic Fibrosis in Embryos
in Next Nine Months, on July 13, 2009
...e other methods, this is achieved entirely by analysing the DNA sequence at over 300,000 locations genome-wide in parents and appropriate family members, often children already affected by a disease, ...
Genome-Wide Karyomapping for Detecting Cystic Fibrosis in Embryos
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 30, 2009
...bryo test that can screen for cystic fibrosis as well as aneuploidy. According to the researchers, genome-wide karyomapping simultaneously detects inheritance of both single gene defects and chromosom...
Azotobacter vinelandii Genome Sequence
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 18, 2009
... © MASH DnArt Researchers have successfully sequence the genome of Azotobacter vinelandii , a nitrogen fixing bacterium found in soil. The data gathered will help advance research on nitrogen fix...
P[acman]-Generated Gene Libraries for Drosophila melanogaster
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 25, 2009
... called P[acman] , group of researchers has established a library of clones covering most of the genome of Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly), an organism widely used in genetics research.
P[ac...
Foundation for NIH Facilitated Partnership Announced Availability of Alzheimer’s Genome Biomarker Data
in Straightfromthedoc, on March 20, 2009
... The genome biomarker data for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) is ready to be shared with scientists world-wide for further analysis. Such were the announcement of the ...
200,000 Rice Mutants Available for Study
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 6, 2009
... in the hope of understanding the function of the approximately 57,000 genes that make up the rice genome. Two hundred thousand rice mutants are now available and have been mapped.
More than 2 milli...
Genetic Sequencing of Cold Virus
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 19, 2009
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 195814 Scientists have successfully mapped the genome of all known human rhinoviruses , which causes the common cold which in turn is responsible for about ...
Therapeutic Value of Worms in Allergies and Asthma
in Allergies, on January 31, 2009
...at the development of our regulatory immune system depends on molecules that are encoded not in the genome of the human but in the genome of some other organism we lived with throughout history."...
11 New Cardiovascular Risk Gene Variants Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 19, 2008
...8 online publication of Nature Genetics .
The study is a meta-analysis of over 20,000 subjects in genome-wide association studies of humans in the United States and Europe with The Framingham Heart ...
Patagonia Fungus Produces "Myco-Diesel"
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 25, 2008
...s cellulose to myco-diesel."
Scott Strobel said his team is already screening the fungus' genome. Besides determining the complete genetic makeup of the fungus, they will run a series of gen...
Rice Genome Array Published
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 28, 2008
...earchers have published a rice DNA microarray that covers nearly all the 45,000 genes in the rice genome. According to a report :
Ronald and her colleagues used the new rice microarray to inve...
deCODE BreastCancer Genetic Diagnostic Test Launched
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 13, 2008
...reastCancer™ test measures seven widely replicated single-letter variations (SNPs) in the human genome that deCODE and others have linked to risk of breast cancer. These SNPs contribute to the inciden...
Duckweed Genome Sequencing
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 14, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 4201865
The DOE's Joint Genome Institute is supporting the genomic sequencing of duckweed ( Spirodela polyrhiza ) as one of its priority projects for 20...
Tomato: Potential Carrier of Alzheimer's Vaccine?
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 9, 2008
...n potential of the foreign protein. The researchers inserted the beta-amyloid gene into the tomato genome and measured the immune responses to the tomato-derived toxic protein in a group of 15-month-o...
Genetic Sequencing Companies Join 1000 Genomes Project
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 11, 2008
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Three DNA sequencing companies have joined an international research consortium called 1000 Genomes , aimed at creating a new map of the human genome that will provide a view of biomedi...
Use of Genomics to Control Dandruff
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 23, 2008
... their biotech capabilities, contracting with Integrated Genomics in Chicago to sequence the entire genome of M. globosa. P&G bioinformatics expert Jun Xu's analysis revealed that the M. globo...
T. reesei Genome Analysis Reveals Potential in Biofuel Production
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 7, 2008
... In a study published in Nature Biotechnology , scientists discover that based on the genome analysis of Tricoderma reesei , the fungus has the genes required to break down plant cell walls, to ...
Transgenic SunUp Papaya Genome
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 24, 2008
... This week's issue of Nature features the draft genome of the transgenic 'SunUp' Papaya , the first commercial virus-resistant transgenic fruit tree to be sequenced. From Nature New...
Flour Beetle Genome Sequence
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 30, 2008
... An international team of researchers has sequenced the genome from the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum , making it the first beetle and the first insect pest , whose genome has been ...
Rhodococcus Antibiotic Effective Against H.pylori
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 27, 2008
...c production in Rhodococcus , a soil bacteria that does not normally produce antibiotics but whose genome has been noted to code for several secondary metabolites.
The researchers isolated the anti...
Natural Products Discovery and Production
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 25, 2008
...cting the discovery and production of natural products.
Topics, such as high throughput screening, genome shuffling, defined media, novel instrumentation, bioreactor operation, bioinformatics, etc., ...
Three-Parent Embryo
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 7, 2008
...s production of mitochondria - around 16,000 of the 3billion component parts that make up the human genome.
The embryos then began to develop normally, but were destroyed within six days.
Full story...
Preliminary Soybean Genome Released
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 22, 2008
... The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has released a preliminary assembly and annotation of the soybean genome to the greater scientific community to enable bioene...
Novel Genetic Variants Linked to Heart Disease
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 14, 2008
...tify genetic variants associated with blood lipid levels, Kathiresan and his colleagues scanned the genomes of over 27,000 people to locate common single-letter variations called single nucleotide pol...
Neuer Luxustrend: Die Visualisierung der eigenen DNA
in Worldwide Luxus, on 04.01.08
...lle Programm und verspricht
für sagenhafte $350.000 Dollar einen Blick auf alle 3 Milliarden Genome zu ermöglichen
Wozu das Ganze? kann man sich da mit Recht fragen. Doch diejenigen, die das Gel...
The Human Microbiome Project
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 22, 2007
... Health (NIH) today announced the official launch of the Human Microbiome Project , the collective genomes of all microorganisms present in or on the human body.
Part of the NIH's Roadmap f...
Molecular Biology of the Gene, 6th Edition
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 21, 2007
...20). These chapters focus on RNAi and microRNAs, the opportunities offered by the new generation of genome technologies, and the elucidation of gene regulatory networks.
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Constellation Brands: Weißer Wein für ausgehfreudige Asiaten
in Das Börsen Weblog, on 22.11.07
Gehen die Weinpreise bald in die Höhe? Könnte sein, wenn mehr Wein in den Entwicklungsländern getrunken wird. Denn die zunehmende Bedeutung der Mittelschicht aus den Schwellenländern, mache sich etwa am Weinverbrauch bemerkbar: "Es gilt in vielen emerging markets als außerordentlich ...
AT&T Makes Pandora Radio Mobile
in The Smart PDA, on November 9, 2007
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Pandora Radio differentiated itself from other online music streaming services through its Music Genome Project , an attempt to create a comprehensive catalog of music. Users first provide thei...
Interview with futurologist Ray Hammond
in Sox First, on October 20, 2007
... crisis. The fourth is globalization. Then there's medicine with the unravelling of the human genome . Most of us in the developed world in the next decade will have our own profile on a mem...
Inhibitex Licenses HIV Integrase Inhibitors
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 15, 2007
...tors are an emerging class of anti-retroviral agents that block the insertion of viral DNA into the genome of the host cell, thereby stopping the virus from replicating. It inhibits a different molecu...
Giardia lamblia Genome Sequenced
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 28, 2007
...nsidered to be one of the most common causes of waterborne (drinking and recreational) disease. The genome, reported in the recent issue of Science , is expected to lead to the development of new dru...
Computer Program Traces Ancestry Based on DNA Samples
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 23, 2007
...h, including the new HapMap database, which is working to uncover and map variations in the human genome .
The study will be published in the September 2007 edition of the journal PLoS Genetic...
Genome Study Reveals Genetic Link to Height
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 3, 2007
By scanning for single nucleotide polymorphisms, or snps, a team of scientists have identified a single-letter difference, either a 'c' or 't', in the <span style=" />HMGA2 gene that accounted for an estimated 0.3% of the height variation in humans.The data is based fro...
Genetically Modified Aluminum-Tolerant Sorghum
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 29, 2007
...um-tolerant Arabidopsis thaliana (a small mustard plant used in plant research because of its small genome and short life cycle) and wheat plants. Sorghum is harder to genetically transform, Kochian s...
Grapevine Genome Demystified
in Celebrate Wine, on August 29, 2007
...rther proving that making wine is just as much science as art, scientists have recently decoded the genome of a grapevine related to Pinot Noir, and they hope that their findings will help improve bre...
Symposium: Regulatory RNA in Biology and Human Health
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 28, 2007
... the biogenesis of small non-protein encoding RNAs and their role in regulating gene expression and genome stability are just beginning to be unraveled, RNA interference has already been widely adopte...
Pinot Noir Genome Sequence
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 27, 2007
... The French-Italian Public Consortium for Grapevine Genome Characterization has released the grapevine genome sequence of Pinot Noir , a red wine grape variety which lend their flavour to both...
Longevity Genes Project Uncover Genetic Components of Aging
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 27, 2007
...the 66 genetic markers examined in this study to one million genetic markers throughout the human genome . If future research indicates that a single longevity gene buffers against several disea...
Diesel Exhaust + Cholesterol = Clogged Arteries
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 30, 2007
...terol alone."
The said findings - published in the July 26 edition of the online journal Genome Biology - are the first to explain how fine particles in air pollution conspire with artery-c...
Transgenic Mushrooms as Drug Biofactories
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 25, 2007
...dical treatment exists for about 500 diseases and genetic disorders , but thanks to the human genome project, before long, new drugs will be available for thousands of other diseases. We need a ...
New Genetic Risk Factor for Coeliac Disease Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 11, 2007
...nal research consortium has identified a new genetic risk factor for coeliac disease based on the genome data on 1500 British individuals from the Sanger Institute as well as data from over four t...
Genes and Common Diseases
in Well Woman Blog, on June 11, 2007
... Since the mapping of the human genome in 2003, new discoveries continue to come to light. According to CBC News , seven common diseases may be linked to specific genes:
Coronary heart diseas...
Watson Receives Personal Genome Sequence Data
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 3, 2007
...obel laureate James Watson - co-discoverer of the DNA double helix and father of the Human Genome Project - became the first human to receive a DVD that contains data on his personal genome s...
Google Invests $39M in Biotech Start-up on Personal Genetics
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 24, 2007
...rgey Brin.
From the 23andme website:
Even though your body contains trillions of copies of your genome, you've likely never read any of it. Our goal is to connect you to the 23 paired volumes ...
New Method for Identifying Marine Microorganisms
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 23, 2007
...ties of the uncultured microbial taxa. Our method is based on fluorescence-activated sorting, whole genome amplification , and multi-locus DNA sequencing of single cells. This allows us to seque...
Pandora Opens The Mobile Box
in P2P File Sharing, on May 23, 2007
...tastes. Unlike other services that use collaborative filtering Pandora employs a staff-created song genome database that encode encodes dozens of music characteristics.
...
Pandora Opens The Mobile Box
in Digital Music - The Future, on May 23, 2007
...tastes. Unlike other services that use collaborative filtering Pandora employs a staff-created song genome database that encode encodes dozens of music characteristics.
...
Dengue Mosquito Genome Sequence
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 21, 2007
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The first draft of the genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, more commonly known as the yellow fever or dengue mosquito has been completed. The research is published online in Science .
We pr...
UCSF Receives $15M for the Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project (EPGP)
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 3, 2007
...sorders and Stroke to study the genetics of epilepsy. The project is known as the Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project (EPGP).
In their study, the scientists will work to identify the constellation of g...
Scientists Identify Key Target to Kill Cystic Fibrosis Bug
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 25, 2007
Scientists may have found a way to kill Burkholderia cenocepacia , a multi-drug resistant plant pathogen that causes severe infections in people with cystic fibrosis.
The team of researchers has identified a weakness in the armour that protects the B. cenocepacia bacterium from the ef...
The Obesity Gene
in Well Woman Blog, on April 13, 2007
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An article in CBC Canada today tells us:
The gene, called FTO, was found by studying the genome of 39,000 white people in the United Kingdom, Finland and Italy who gave blood samples, the t...
Four Risk-factor Genes for Type 2 Diabetes, Identified at MUHC
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 20, 2007
... endocrinologist Dr. Rob Sladek at the McGill University, the researchers searched the entire human genome to identify genes that predispose individuals to developing diabetes and found that patients ...
The Diabetes Genetics Initiative
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 13, 2007
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The Broad Institute, Lund University and Novartis have announced the completion of a genome-wide map of genes related to type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders.
Driven by recent adv...
Horse Genome Sequence Database Now Publicly Accessible
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 12, 2007
... The first draft of the horse genome sequence is now publicly available for use by biomedical and veterinary researchers around the globe.
In addition to sequencing the horse genome, researcher...
The Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 29, 2007
...d the completion of the first draft of the human metabolome , the chemical equivalent of the human genome, as published in the latest issue of Nucleic Acid Research (full text freely accessible). T...
Home & Abroad : matching people to place. Interview de Mark Schroeder CEO de Home & Abroad
in Les Explorers, on janvier 20, 2007
...ie et des experts du tourime et des voyages.
Si vous connaissez Pandora qui est un "Music Genome", et bien je pense que Home & Abroad est un "Travel Genome" grâce à ce maria...
New Engineered Yeast Improves Ethanol Production Process
in IfEnergy, on December 18, 2006
...ly, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has worked on engineering the yeast's genome to address this.
Researchers from MIT have developed a new strain of yeast that will tole...
Mouse Resequencing and SNP Discovery Project Completed
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 26, 2006
...arch showed that there were more than 8.3 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in their genomes. These data will help researchers understand and possibly identify potential therapeutic tar...
Genomic Tests to Guide Choice of Chemotherapy
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 23, 2006
... Scientists at Duke University's Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy have developed a genomic test to help predict which drugs are suitable for treating a patient 's cancerous...
The $10 million Archon X Prize for Genomics: Map 100 Human Genomes in 10 Days
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 6, 2006
... cash pot of $10 million to that who can develop the technology that can successfully map 100 human genomes in 10 days, with an accuracy of no more than one error in every 10,000 bases sequenced, with...
MSU Receives EPA Grant To Develop Test for Allergenic Potentials of Genetically Modified Foods
in Allergies, on October 6, 2006
...dified crops are made by inserting a protein from a different organism into the original crop's genome. This protein, which may sourced from a bacteria, an insect , another variety of the sa...
Pleurotus ostreatus Genome Sequence
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 5, 2006
... An international group of scientists will be sequencing the genome of the oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus , which is not only an important food source, but also a model for studying the carbo...
NIH Launches $52 Million Knockout Mouse Project
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 7, 2006
... aiming to build a comprehensive and publicly available resource of knockout mutations in the mouse genome. The knockout mice produced from this resource will be extremely useful for the study of hu...
Music Recommendation Services
in P2P File Sharing, on September 4, 2006
...y some traditional distributors like Clear Channel.
The article profiles Pandora.com's Music Genome Project , as well as personal Internet broadcast services where you can play and publish ...
Music Recommendation Services
in Digital Music - The Future, on September 4, 2006
...y some traditional distributors like Clear Channel.
The article profiles Pandora.com's Music Genome Project , as well as personal Internet broadcast services where you can play and publish ...
Tangled Bank #61 on Epigenetic News
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 31, 2006
...d also be of interest to Biotech Weblog readers:
telomere length as a biomarker for aging
genome of a marine bacteria that can degrade petroleum which can be useful in cleaning oil spills...
Genome Scan Identify Reveals Genetic Variations Linked to Alcoholism
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 29, 2006
...he National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) , National Institutes of Health, have scanned the human genome for genetic telltales for the risk of developing alcoholism .
NIDA researchers found ...
Handys - gefährliche Wirkung?
in Das Gesundheits-Weblog, on 16.08.06
...e and protein expression in human endothelial cell lines and the response seems to be genome- and proteome-dependent (p NA)" heißt die Arbeit von Reetta Nylund, Dariusz Leszczynski (online veröff...
