Latest Genetic mapping Stories
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Hundreds of small regions of the genome that appear to be uniquely regulated in human neurons have been identified in a new study led by the University of Massachusetts. Humans are distinguished from other primates, such as monkeys and apes, by these regulatory differences. These features, which are neurons at the core of our cognitive abilities, may ultimately hold the key to our intellectual prowess. They might also be key to our...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A massive team of international researchers has announced the successful sequencing of the first female domestic pig’s genome. There have already been many similarities established between pigs and humans and the new genomic analysis reveals some new twists and a few distinctions to that relationship, according to reports on the work published in the journals Nature and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)....
Research presented at American Society of Human Genetics 2012 A presentation at the American Society of Human Genetics 2012 meeting updated genetics experts about a one-year-old research initiative that brought together researchers, clinicians and policy experts to tackle the challenges of incorporating new genomic technologies into clinical care of newborns, infants and children with anatomical defects whose causes are unknown. Among the challenges is interpreting how variations in...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingenuity® Systems, a leading provider of biomedical information and analysis solutions, today highlighted strong adoption of its Variant Analysis platform at the American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Variant Analysis, a web-based analysis application, answers a critical need for researchers trying to rapidly identify relevant casual variants in human diseases from re-sequencing data. Over the past 6...
Johns Hopkins researchers have succeeded in teaching computers how to identify commonalities in DNA sequences known to regulate gene activity, and to then use those commonalities to predict other regulatory regions throughout the genome. The tool is expected to help scientists better understand disease risk and cell development. The work was reported in two recent papers in Genome Research, published online on July 3 and Sept. 27. “Our goal is to understand how regulatory information...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A multinational team of scientists reports that they have successfully sequenced 1,092 human genomes from individuals across the globe. Their new study is the first to break the "1,000 genomes barrier." The researchers say the feat is a collegial effort to equip biologists and physicians with information that can be used to understand the normal range of human genetic variants so a patient's diseased genome can be interpreted in a...
Just how new species are established is still one of the most central questions in biology. In an article in the leading scientific journal Nature, researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden describe how they mapped the genomes of the European pied flycatcher and the collared flycatcher and found that it is disparate chromosome structures rather than separate adaptations in individual genes that underlies the separation of the species. "We were surprised that such a large part of the...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com – Your University Online A research team from the University of Otago has achieved landmark results by sequencing the complete mitochondrial genome for members of what was likely to be one of the first groups of Polynesians to settle New Zealand. The results of this study, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, have revealed a surprising degree of genetic variation among these pioneering voyagers. Similar DNA detective...
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nabsys, Inc., a life sciences company pioneering solid-state, single-molecule positional sequencing for broad applicability in DNA analysis, today announced two additions to its senior management team, Peter Lewis as chief financial officer and Darren Lee as vice president, business development. These appointments are part of the company's transition from a technology development focus to a commercial entity that is manufacturing and...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Technology is changing faster than ever. With the click of a button you can send messages to friends, share photos and watch videos. This rapid speed is also being seen in medical technology. A new study found that doctors can quickly diagnose genetic diseases in babies with a simple blood test, allowing doctors to decode the baby’s complete genome in two days as opposed to the current time frame of at least six weeks. According...
