Genome

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Genome - The sum of all chromosomal genes in a haploid cell (including prokaryotes and archaea), or the haploid set of chromosomes in a eukaryotic cell.
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News archive for Genome:

New genome sequencing projects announced  -  04 Aug 2008
United Press International4 (UPI) -- The US Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute has announced its 2009 sequencing projects, including pine trees and duck weed.

Next Generation Tool For Visualizing Genomic Data Introduced  -  04 Aug 2008
Science Daily (press release)With IGV, researchers can still choose a Google Maps-like "street view" of the As, Cs, Ts, and Gs that make up the genome, but they can also simultaneously

deCODE and SGENE Consortium Discover Deletions in the Human Genome ...  -  04 Aug 2008
GenomicsProteomics.com (press release),Such deletions are gaps in the normal sequence of the genome that can arise spontaneously during the recombination or reshuffling of the genome that takes

Scientist: DNA led agents to anthrax suspect  -  04 Aug 2008
The Associated PressUsing new genome technology, researchers looked at samples of cells from the victims to identify the kind of anthrax Ames strain that killed them,

Mystery Parrot Disease Virus Identified  -  04 Aug 2008
ScienceBlogsUltra high throughput sequencing was utilized to recover the complete viral genome sequence from one of the virus-positive PDD cases.

Synamatix Joins Illumina Connect Bioinformatics Program  -  04 Aug 2008
GenomeWeb News (subscription),Synamatix said that it has joined the Illumina Connect program and will offer Genome Analyzer users data analysis applications using the SynaWorks platform.

'Hidden Mutations' may Trigger HIV Drug Resistance  -  04 Aug 2008
MedIndia,Now, McGill researchers explain how previously ignored parts of HIV genome contribute to HIV drug resistance. "HIV develops resistance very rapidly,

Remembering Victor McKusick  -  04 Aug 2008
Johns Hopkins Gazette,He was the founding president of the Human Genome Organization and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. "We have lost a giant," said Edward D.

High-res Constitutional Chip 4.0 for  -  04 Aug 2008
Laboratory Talk,..."Cytogenetic research can benefit tremendously if researchers are able to combine a targeted array approach with whole genome coverage to maximise detection

Dedicated Energy Crops Could Replace 30% of Gasoline: Ceres, Inc ...  -  04 Aug 2008
Gas2.0,Basically, they’re using techniques developed and applied in the Human Genome Project to sequence and manipulate plant DNA. According to material provided

Crawling the Web: H5N1 and 1918 flu virus  -  04 Aug 2008
Scientist Live,Today we take a look at the H5N1 and 1918 pandemic influenza virus, candida infection, and genome selection. Fatal human respiratory disease associated with

Home testing tips  -  04 Aug 2008
Sun-Sentinel.com,Speak to your doctor about which tests are appropriate given your family history and other factors. A genetics counselor can also provide more specific

NEW $8.9 MILLION PROJECT AIMS TO UNLOCK STEM CELL SECRETS  -  04 Aug 2008
Wisbusiness.com,Using proteins found in embryonic stem cells, a group led by blood expert Igor Slukvin and Genome Center scientist Junying Yu will explore how the proteins,

Scientist: DNA led agents to anthrax suspect  -  Aug 3, 2008
The Associated PressUsing new genome technology to identify the type of Ames strain anthrax used in the attacks, the FBI began to focus on Ivins as its top suspect more than a

Human Genome Sciences reports stronger sales, bigger losses  -  Aug 1, 2008
Bizjournals.com,Human Genome Sciences Inc. increased its second-quarter revenue by 28 percent from the same period last year, but also widened its loss by nearly 45 percent

Genome Alberta using 21st Century biology to tackle the Mountain ...  -  Aug 1, 2008
MarketWatchCurrent control efforts receiving wide attention mostly involve prescribed burns but Genome Alberta and its partners are looking much deeper into the

Human Genome Sciences Inc (HGSI) holdings reduced by Profund ...  -  Aug 2, 2008
Mffais.com,LONG BEACH (Mffais.com) - Profund Advisors Llc sold -8421 (-19.39 %) of their shares in Human Genome Sciences Inc (HGSI), bringing their current holdings to

Human Genome Sciences Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial ...  -  Jul 30, 2008
MarketWatchHGS, Human Genome Sciences, ABthrax, Albuferon and LymphoStat-B are trademarks of Human Genome Sciences, Inc. This announcement contains forward-looking

Steven Jones, head, Bioinformatics, Genome Sciences Center ...  -  Aug 1, 2008
Scientist,Though the yeast genome fits on a single array, most mammalian genomes do not. How, then, does one analyze transcription-factor binding across the entire

Genome patent overturned  -  Aug 1, 2008
Scientist,Yesterday the British High Court overturned a UK genome patent owned by biotech Human Genome Sciences. The patent covered the inflammation-linked protein

World’s First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Atlas Unveiled  -  Aug 1, 2008
eMaxHealth.com,...which was unveiled as the world’s first genome-wide map of the mouse spinal cord, key to the study of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other diseases,

Whole genome transcription profiling of Anaplasma phagocytophilum ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),Conclusions: Using these methods, whole genome transcription profiles can likely be generated for Ap, as well as other obligate intracellular organisms,

Obituaries in the news  -  Jul 24, 2008
The Associated PressVictor A. McKusick TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Dr. Victor A. McKusick, a key architect of the Human Genome Project and a winner of the National Medal of Science,

Health IT meets the genome  -  Jul 30, 2008
Government Health IT,The challenges are steep but not insurmountable, said Dr. W. Gregory Feero, chief of the Genomic Healthcare Branch at the National Human Genome Research

A method for detecting epistasis in genome-wide studies using case ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),Results: We have developed an analysis tool (HFCC) to search for genome-wide epistasis in a case-control design. HFCC combines a relatively fast computing

Virus responsible for parrot disease identified  -  Jul 31, 2008
Economic Times,The complete genome sequence of one isolate was captured using ultra deep sequencing. The virus they identified is highly divergent from all previously

Genome-Wide Studies Spotlight Chromosomal Variants Implicated in ...  -  Jul 30, 2008
GenomeWeb News (subscription),By a GenomeWeb staff reporter NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Genetic variation in specific parts of the genome as well as genome-wide increases in rare copy

Human Genome Sciences Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript  -  Jul 30, 2008
Seeking Alpha,Good day and welcome to the Human Genome Sciences conference call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time I would like to turn the call over to H. Tom

Scientists: 'Gene wiki' could decode genome faster  -  Jul 10, 2008
San Diego Union Tribune,By Terri Somers Unraveling the mysteries of the human genome, the chain of chemicals that determine everything from a person's hair color to predisposition

Optical mapping discerns genome wide DNA methylation profiles  -  Jul 30, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),Development of methods for rapid genome wide methylation profiling will greatly facilitate both hypothesis and discovery driven research in the field of

Duckweed genome sequencing has global implications  -  Jul 10, 2008
Hindu,The DOE's Joint Genome Institute announced on July 2 that its Community Sequencing Program will support the genomic sequencing of duckweed (Spirodela

How the Personal Genome Project Could Unlock the Mysteries of Life  -  Jul 21, 2008
Wired NewsIf your genome is the blueprint of your genetic potential written across 6 billion base pairs of DNA, your phenome is the resulting edifice,

Expression Analysis Announces Collaboration with The Immunological ...  -  Jul 17, 2008
MarketWatch...into a scientific collaboration with The Immunological Genome Project to provide microarray expression profiling services for this NIH funded project.

Study uncovers surprisingly diverse genome alterations ...  -  Jul 30, 2008
Science Centric,This unprecedented scale of cooperation allowed the analysis of enough data to identify schizophrenia-specific genome alterations - including the newly

Advances In The Field Of Schizophrenia Research: New Genetic ...  -  Jul 30, 2008
Science Daily (press release)The European team of researchers who conducted the "Nature" study compared the genome of thousands of persons not affected by the illness with those

Restructuring Human Variation  -  Aug 1, 2008
Scientist,Following the sequencing of the human genome in 2001, genetic variation between people was largely pinned on simple sequence differences known as

International Team Sequences Genome of Parasitic Nematode  -  Jul 28, 2008
GenomeWeb News (subscription),By a GenomeWeb staff reporter NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - An international team of 27 laboratories has published the draft genome sequence of the root-knot

1998: Syphilis Genome Sequenced; 2008: Syphilis on the Rise  -  Jul 17, 2008
Scientific AmericanBy Nikhil Swaminathan ON THE RISE: In the 1990s, syphilis has had its genome sequenced and its incidence rates decline. Now, it's making a come back.

Enzyme Key To 'Sister Act' That Maintains Genome Stability  -  Jul 10, 2008
Science Daily (press release)ScienceDaily (July 10, 2008) — Keeping the genome stable is a "sister act" of matched chromatids -- the pairs of the double helix DNA molecule that exist

Short tandem repeat sequences in the Mycoplasma genitalium genome ...  -  Jul 29, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),1) to identify new potential genetic markers based on an analysis of short tandem repeat (STR) sequences in the published M. genitalium genome sequence;

Public Needs Better Understanding of Genetics, Expert Says  -  Jul 31, 2008
Deutsche Welle,In 2003, the human genome with its 3 billion base pairs was completely mapped, even so, this research remains in its infancy. It will open completely new

Genome firm’s HQ leaves Midwest for Montgomery  -  Aug 1, 2008
Washington Business Journal,OpGen Inc., which has devised a way to more fully map a microorganism’s genome, is shifting its home base from the Midwest to the longtime mecca of genomic

Human Genome Sciences Appoints David P. Southwell to its Board of ...  -  Jul 24, 2008
Earthtimes (press release),HGS, Human Genome Sciences, ABthrax, Albuferon and LymphoStat-B are trademarks of Human Genome Sciences, Inc. This announcement contains forward-looking

'Mere Christianity' makes sense, scientist tells CS Lewis Foundation  -  Aug 2, 2008
ChristianToday,An award-winning American scientist noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes, and leadership of the Human Genome Project to map the entire human

A fragmented metazoan organellar genome: the two mitochondrial ...  -  Jul 26, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),In the genus Hydra, the mt genome comprises one or two mt chromosomes. Here, we present the whole mt genome sequence from the hydrozoan Hydra magnipapillata

BioInform's Surfing Report: Web-Based Tools and Algorithms ...  -  Aug 1, 2008
bio1nf0rm (subscription),The CPGR features the Genome Warehouse, Genome Browser, rDNA database, and Transcript Assembly Database and is available here.

Released Kiwifruit Genome Data Promises New Fruit Varieties  -  Jul 28, 2008
GenomeWeb News (subscription),By a GenomeWeb staff reporter NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Two New Zealand firms said today that they have released genomic data for the kiwifruit that can

Intel invests in genome-sequencing outfit  -  Jul 14, 2008
Inquirer,The aim is to produce the high-speed genome sequencing system by 2010/ of DNA introduce in 2010. According to the story, pharmaceutical companies will be

Biotech companies hit by patent ruling  -  Jul 31, 2008
Financial Times,In the first UK case to examine how “bioinformatics� – the use of powerful computer programmes to work out the relationship between the human genome and the

New Technology To Tackle Typhoid  -  Jul 29, 2008
Oneindia,The results indicated that the Typhi genome is decaying - as it becomes more closely allied to us, its human host, it is losing genes that are superfluous




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