Latest Genetic mapping Stories
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...
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today investigators at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City reported the first use of whole genome information for diagnosing critically ill infants. As reported in Science Translational Medicine, the team describes STAT-Seq®, a whole genome sequencing approach - from blood sample to returning results to a physician - in about 50 hours. Currently, testing even a single gene takes six weeks or more. Speed of...
Alliance Focuses on Novel, Small Molecule Therapeutics Targeting Epigenetic Enzymes for the Treatment of Cancer and Other Diseases CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Epizyme, Inc., a company leading the discovery and development of personalized therapeutics for patients with genetically defined cancers, announced today $4 million in milestone payments from collaborator GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) based on the achievement of pre-clinical milestones. In 2011, Epizyme...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Thanks to a grassroots fundraising campaign, researchers were able to sequence the genome of the critically endangered Puerto Rican Parrot -- the only surviving member of its species in the United States. The project, which was funded primarily through community donations, was published Friday in BioMed Central and BGI's open access journal GigaScience. It is the first of the large Neotropical Amazona birds to be studied at the...
Effects could extend to 'great-grandchildren' Since the 1960s, when the defoliant Agent Orange was widely used in Vietnam, military, industry and environmental groups have debated the toxicity of its main ingredient, the chemical dioxin, and how it should be regulated. But even if all the dioxin were eliminated from the planet, Washington State University researchers say its legacy will live on in the way it turns genes on and off in the descendants of people exposed over the past half...
PHILADELPHIA and SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and BGI announced today that the BGI@CHOP Joint Genome Center will begin to offer clinical next-generation sequencing (NGS) services at CHOP through the hospital's Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in a CAP/CLIA-compliant environment. The Clinical Laboratories Improvement Act of 1988 (CLIA) established quality standards for all laboratory testing...
SEATTLE and SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, announced today that it and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a collaboration on global health and agricultural development with the goal of achieving common objectives in health and agricultural development, and meaningfully contributing to the achievement of one or more of the Millennium Development Goals. The...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online An international team’s sequencing of the Pacific oyster’s genome has produced pearls of wisdom regarding the structure and adaptability of the tasty mollusk. "The accomplishment is a major breakthrough in the international Conchological research, with great advancement in the fields of conchology and marine biology." said team member Fusui Zhang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. "The study will provide valuable resources for...
