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- In August, Sequenom certified McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Center as its first Center of Excellence
- In August, Sequenom certified McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Center as its first Center of Excellence for genotyping technology.
- Research articles 2008-09-15
- Medicine tailored to your genome, not your race: Venter
- PARIS AFP — Personalised, genome-based health care could help prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths caused each year by adverse drug reactions, genetics pioneer Craig Venter said Tuesday. A new era of affordable gene sequencing will also render obsolete the practice of testing drugs on various ethnic groups, he...
- Research articles 2008-08-19
- Frost & Sullivan Lauds Helicos BioSciences' True Single-Molecule Sequencing™ Platform
- PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Based on its recent analysis of the genome/transcriptome sequencing market, Frost & Sullivan presents Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS) with the 2008 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation of the Year. This Award is in recognition of Helicos' introduction of an advanced single-molecule...
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- Sequenom Certifies McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre as First Center of Excellence
- SAN DIEGO & MONTREAL -- Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a leading provider of genetic analysis solutions, and Genome Quebec today announced that the McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre has become the first Center of Excellence certified by Sequenom for genotyping technology. The Center of Excellence certification is a...
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- Mars teams up with IBM to map cocoa genome
- WASHINGTON AFP — US chocolate and sweets giant Mars is teaming up with IBM to study and map the cocoa genome in a move which could enhance the production of stronger plants, the companies said Thursday. The firms bid to analyze the key ingredient in chocolate will also be...
- Research articles 2008-06-26
- Dutch scientists claim to map female genome
- THE HAGUE AFP — Dutch scientists said Monday they had mapped the full genetic sequence of a woman for the first time. "It's the first woman in the world and the first European whose DNA sequence will be made public," the researchers at Leiden University Medical Centre in the...
- Research articles 2008-05-26
- Beakers To The Rescue
- Scientists say a new green revolution could head off future food crises. Pity the papaya. odd-shaped and orange-fleshed, it lacks the iconic status of the apple or the stage presence of the banana. Lately, though, it has become something of an agronomic superstar. Last month a team of international...
- Research articles 2008-05-19
- Scientists unveil corn genome
- WASHINGTON AFP — US researchers have sequenced the corn genome almost in its entirety, a development that could help improve crops to meet growing global needs for food and fuel, a US university has announced. Corn, also known as maize, is the world's top cereal crop followed by rice...
- Research articles 2008-02-27
- Invading bees benefit from mixing with natives
- WASHINGTON -- When marauding Vikings decided to settle down they usually "went native," marrying local girls and blending in. Invading honey bees may be doing the same. The invasion of new bee populations has drawn attention in recent years with the spread of so-called Africanized, or "killer bees"...
- Research articles 2008-02-26
- New syndrome linked to mental retardation: study
- PARIS AFP — Scientists in the United States have identified a genetic defect that appears to cause mental retardation and epilepsy as well as malformations of the face and hands, according to a study published Sunday. The still unnamed syndrome, linked to a tiny segment of missing DNA code,...
- Research articles 2008-02-17
- US scientists close to creating artificial life: study
- WASHINGTON AFP — US scientists have taken a major step toward creating the first ever artificial life form by synthetically reproducing the DNA of a bacteria, according to a study published Thursday. The move, which comes after five years of research, is seen as the penultimate stage in the...
- Research articles 2008-01-24
- The US National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Technology Program awarded BioNanomatrix and Complete Genomics an $8.8 million grant
- The US National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Technology Program awarded BioNanomatrix and Complete Genomics an $8.8 million grant to develop a system to sequence the human genome in eight hours at a cost of less than $100.
- Research articles 2007-12-31
- United States Department of Health and Human Services obtains United States patent.
- United States Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, DC) has patented a chimeric parainfluenza viruses PIVs that incorporate a PIV vector genome or antigenome and one or more antigenic determinants of a heterologous PIV or non-PIV pathogen. These chimeric viruses are infectious and attenuated in...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- Francis Collins, director of the National Genome Research Institute, received the Medal of Freedom at the White House Nov. 5
- Francis Collins, director of the National Genome Research Institute, received the Medal of Freedom at the White House Nov. 5. "I am very fortunate to be in a career that is part science, part ethics and part medicine," Collins told his hometown newspaper, the Staunton, Va., News Leader. "We finally...
- Research articles 2007-11-16
- Fine-tuned map of human genome offers fresh clues about disease
- PARIS AFP — Scientists on Wednesday released the finest-detailed map yet of variants in the human genetic code, declaring it should help unlock inherited causes of disease and reveal secrets of evolution. The "second generation" blueprint of human genetic variation, published in the British journal Nature, unveils minute differences...
- Research articles 2007-10-17
- The 10 Hottest Nerds
- The revolution in physics in the 20th century rested disproportionately on the accomplishments of a handful of scientists Albert Einstein comes to mind who supplied key insights at just the right moments. The current explosion of discoveries in the biological sciences is no different. NEWSWEEK ASKED 10 of the most...
- Research articles 2007-10-15
- South African scientists sequence deadly tuberculosis genome
- JOHANNESBURG AFP — South African scientists announced a major breakthrough on Thursday in the fight against a highly deadly strain of drug resistant tuberculosis, sequencing the genome in a week. Using technology bought from the United States for five million rand (750,000 dollars, 520,000 euros) a group of scientists...
- Research articles 2007-10-11
- NEWSWEEK International Editions: Highlights and Exclusives, OCT. 15, 2007 Issue
- To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Brenda Velez, +1-212-445-4078, Brenda.Velez@Newsweek.com, or LaVenia LaVelle, +1-212-445-4859, LaVenia.LaVelle@Newsweek.com, both of Newsweek COVER: Biology Reborn. All overseas editions. In recent months, a perfect storm of new technology and research has blown apart 20th- century dogma in the fields of biology and genetics, writes Lee Silver, a professor...
- Research articles 2007-10-07
- Origen Therapeutics Receives $2 Million ATP Grant to Advance Technology for Discovery and Production of Human Polyclonal Antibodies from Transgenic Chickens
- Potential for Improved Antibody Therapies Against Cancer and Infectious Diseases Including Biodefense Threats BURLINGAME, Calif. -- Origen Therapeutics today announced that the company has been awarded an Advanced Technology Program ATP grant totaling $2 million from the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST, a division of the U.S....
- Research articles 2007-10-03
- Corn-genome sequencing advances
- Researchers at the National Genomics for Diversity Laboratory in Mexico City have prepared a rough blueprint of the genome of a Mexican variety of com, according to a July 12 news report carried by Bloomberg.com. This breakthrough is seen as possibly leading to the development of com varieties resistant to...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
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