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Whole Genome Sequencing
Whole Genome Sequencing: is the process of determining the complete DNA sequence of an organism's genome. In order to do so, you must entail all of an organism's chromosomal DNA as well as DNA contained in the mitochondria and, for plants, in the chloroplast.
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APR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Aneuploidy-the incorrect number of chromosomes in a cell-is quite common in early embryos; it's also the primary reason ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 17, 2015Neuroscience
Learning, it is widely believed, is based on changes in the connections between nerve cells. Knowing which nerve cells a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 01, 2015Neuroscience
Complex brain disorders, such as autism or schizophrenia, still puzzle scientists because their causes lie hidden in ear ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
At least, that's what researchers have concluded after sequencing the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders.
A recent ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania describe the first set of genes importa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 11, 2015Microbiology
Households can serve as a reservoir for transmitting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Thyroid hormones have important and diverse roles in human health and regulate metabolic rate. Thyroid disease is common ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 03, 2015Cancer
Scientists from Australia and the UK have completed the most comprehensive analysis yet of pancreatic cancer, in a study ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have created a hyper-fast, super-scalable software that shortens from weeks to mere hours the time needed to ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 24, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Premature ovarian failure, also known as primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), affects 1 percent of all women worldwide. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 22, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Epigenetics has a large say in blood formation.
Blood stem cells have the potential to turn into any type of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 07, 2014Genetics & Genomics
It's thought that in the 1800's the passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was the most numerous bird in the world, w ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 06, 2014Genetics & Genomics
It's getting there, but according to a study by researchers at Stanford, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) faces several hur ...Written By: Robert Woodard
APR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Aneuploidy-the incorrect number of chromosomes in a cell-is quite common in early embryos; it's also the primary reason
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Learning, it is widely believed, is based on changes in the connections between nerve cells. Knowing which nerve cells a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Complex brain disorders, such as autism or schizophrenia, still puzzle scientists because their causes lie hidden in ear
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
At least, that's what researchers have concluded after sequencing the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders.
A recent ...
A recent ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania describe the first set of genes importa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 11, 2015
Microbiology
Households can serve as a reservoir for transmitting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Thyroid hormones have important and diverse roles in human health and regulate metabolic rate. Thyroid disease is common
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 03, 2015
Cancer
Scientists from Australia and the UK have completed the most comprehensive analysis yet of pancreatic cancer, in a study
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 11, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have created a hyper-fast, super-scalable software that shortens from weeks to mere hours the time needed to
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
DEC 24, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Premature ovarian failure, also known as primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), affects 1 percent of all women worldwide.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 22, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Epigenetics has a large say in blood formation.
Blood stem cells have the potential to turn into any type of ...
Blood stem cells have the potential to turn into any type of ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 07, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
It's thought that in the 1800's the passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was the most numerous bird in the world, w
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUN 06, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
It's getting there, but according to a study by researchers at Stanford, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) faces several hur
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard