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DNA technologies
DNA technologies are a broad term used to describe the many advancements allowing for the identification, amplification, and quantification of DNA. DNA techniques are used for a variety of indications, including the diagnosis of disease, uncovering hereditary links, and advancing drug development pipelines.
OCT 29, 2014 | 6:00 AM
The modern era of Precision Medicine requires targeted delivery of molecular inhibitors that control key processes in disease pathways. PARP (Poly ADP Ribose Polymerase) plays a crucial role...
OCT 28, 2014 | 8:00 AM
The TLA Technology constitutes a paradigm shift in targeted next generation sequencing (NGS). The TLA technology uses the physical proximity of nucleotides within a locus of interest as the b...
SEP 24, 2014 | 5:00 AM
Macrocycles offer a new structural class that has the potential to address challenging protein-protein interaction targets and still present attractive drug-like properties including cell mem...
SEP 10, 2014 | 10:00 AM
In this webinar, we will describe a comprehensive approach for NGS-based marker discovery and the successful migration of these markers to targeted NGS assays using low-quality (FFPE) and low...
AUG 21, 2014 | 6:45 AM
The Cas9 endonuclease from the microbial adaptive immune system CRISPR can be easily programmed to bind or cleave specific DNA sequence using a short RNA guide. Cas9 is enabling the generatio...
AUG 20, 2014 | 11:30 AM
High-throughput short-read DNA sequencing has revolutionized our ability to measure genetic variation in the form of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in human genomes. However, ~75% of...
AUG 20, 2014 | 10:45 AM
A recent publication in Nature Genetics1 analyzed TCGA data, and classified solid tumors into two mutually exclusive classes: C class tumors, driven by copy number alterations; and M class tu...
AUG 20, 2014 | 8:45 AM
In 2010, our team of synthetic biologists announced the creation of a bacterial cell that had a chemically synthesized genome. To build this synthetic Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI 1.0 we had to d...
AUG 20, 2014 | 8:45 AM
The flexibility of the BioMark Real-Time PCR System, allow us to preform genetic research using different types of nano-fluidic (48.48 or 96.96) chips setup, in the thermal cycle of these chi...
AUG 20, 2014 | 7:30 AM
Next Generation Sequencing has revolutionized genomic variant discovery. The major bottle-neck for sequencing projects is the individual, biological sample, library preparation. This platfo...
APR 17, 2014 | 11:00 AM
 Formalin Fixation and Paraffin Embedding (FFPE) of tissue samples is a routine practice by pathologists; the technique enables high quality preservation of structural information. However, ...
MAR 20, 2014 | 7:00 AM
Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive, inherited, degenerative brain disorder that produces physical, mental and emotional changes. Named for George Huntington, the physician who fi...
OCT 17, 2013 | 8:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
Developments in DNA sequencing technology have provided a unique opportunity for diagnosis and discovery of genetic alterations for rare diseases. Partnering with 20 academic centers in the U...
OCT 17, 2013 | 7:00 AM
Whenever there is cell death, apoptotic cell free DNA fragments appear in the circulation of the host. These fragments, typically 145-160 base pairs in size, represent a minute fraction of to...
OCT 16, 2013 | 11:00 AM
Survival rates for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remain unacceptably low compared to other common solid tumors. This mortality reflects a weakness in conventional staging, a...
OCT 16, 2013 | 9:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
It is now appreciated that breast cancer is not a single disease, but instead is a spectrum of tumor subtypes with distinct cellular origins, somatic changes and somewhat predictable clinical...
OCT 16, 2013 | 6:00 AM
The knowledge of molecular alterations involved in colon carcinoma (CRC) and non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) has significantly increased in the past few years. Molecular subgroups of t...
AUG 22, 2013 | 4:00 PM
C.E. CREDITS
The next generation sequencing technologies are profoundly influencing our way to study biology. We have previously developed cap-analysis gene expression (CAGE) to simultaneously mRNA/noncod...
AUG 22, 2013 | 3:00 PM
Developments in DNA sequencing technology have provided a unique opportunity for diagnosis and discovery of genetic alterations for rare diseases. Partnering with 20 academic centers in the U...
AUG 22, 2013 | 2:00 PM
Since the introduction of second-generation DNS sequencing technologies in 2007, the cost of genome sequencing has been consistently by 33% per quarter, with the $1000 genome arriving in 2012...
AUG 22, 2013 | 12:00 PM
C.E. CREDITS
It is widely accepted that approximately 85% of known disease-causing DNA variants affect the exons and splice junctions, which is about 1% of the whole genome. As a result, Clinical Exome Se...
AUG 22, 2013 | 8:00 AM
Synthesis and assembly of DNA powerfully enables reverse genetics-based approaches to scientific discovery. I'll present recent and unpublished work on genome refactoring and redesign, focusi...