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BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine has been awarded $50,000 for the David L. Rimoin Memorial Fund from the Los Angeles-based Sports Spectacular organization. This donation will support the David L. Rimoin Lifetime Achievement Award as well as provide for genetics training for up-and-coming medical geneticists. The late Dr. David Rimoin was a world-renowned geneticist whose work was supported by the Cedars-Sinai...

PHILADELPHIA and REHOVOT, Israel, Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosetta Genomics Ltd. (NASDAQ: ROSG), a leading developer and provider of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, today announced that Kenneth A. Berlin, President and CEO, is scheduled to present a corporate overview at Sidoti & Company's 2013 Micro-Cap Conference on Monday, January 7, 2013 at The Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. The Rosetta Genomics presentation is scheduled for 9:20 a.m. Eastern Time. The...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Genome sequencing is much more common than in the past. In a large part, this is attributable to advances in biotechnologies and computer software, however, there is still some question about both the accuracy of different sequencing methods and the best ways to evaluate these efforts. Computer scientists, led by New York University, have now devised a new tool to better measure the validity of genome sequencing. By tracking a small...

LANSING, Mich., Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Neogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NEOG) announced today that it has acquired the assets of Scidera Genomics, LLC, an animal genomics business based in Davis, California. The company, formerly operated as MetaMorphix, Inc., or MMI Genomics, was a pioneer in the development of cattle, poultry, swine, and canine genetic testing. Scidera's predecessor company conducted parentage testing and trait analysis for the cattle and canine industries since...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii, an advancement that could help identify new targets for drugs to treat and prevent Pneumocystis pneumonia, a common and often deadly infection in immunocompromised patients. The study will be published on December 26, 2012 in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. The organism cannot yet be isolated and grown for study in the laboratory, so details about Pneumocystis pneumonia,...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online An international team of researchers announced on Sunday they had completed the first high-quality reference genome of the domestic goat (Capra hircus), marking the first time the DNA of a ruminant animal has been sequenced. "Goats are recognized as an important member of the world livestock industry, and with many unique biological features," officials from BGI Shenzen, one of the institutions responsible for the feat, explained...

A five-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds an innovative program established by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Training Residents in Genomics Working Group, with administrative and educational design support from the American Society for Clinical Pathology, to help pathologists understand genomics information and serve as primary consultants for physicians and patients in interpreting and acting on this data. Chicago, IL (PRWEB)...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A comparative genetic analysis of two distantly related bat species has revealed new insights into the evolutionary development of flight and disease resistance, according to a new report in the latest edition of the journal Science. As the only mammals capable of sustained flight, bats are an anomaly in the animal world. They also have a predilection for transmitting diseases that do not appear to affect the animals themselves....

[ Watch the Video: Mutation Hotspots in Autism Genes ] Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A group of international researchers led by a team of investigators from the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), recently revealed a new study that provides signals as to the causes of autism and other related disorders. With the findings, it is possible that there are elevated mutation rates in specific parts of the genome that adds to the...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online With the sequencing of three new members of a group of creatures known as lophotrochozoans, researchers from a pair of US universities and the Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute (JGI) have more than doubled the number of genomes from these often overlooked marine creatures. Scientists from the JGI, Rice University, and the University of California-Berkeley announced on Thursday that they had sequenced and published the...