A risk gene for cannabis psychosis
15 November, 2012Recent research has implicated a variation in the gene that codes for a protein called RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase (Akt1) in the risk for cannabis psychosis.
Protein regulation and intellectual disability
26 October, 2012While many intellectual disabilities are caused directly by a genetic mutation in the protein coding part of genes, genetics researchers at the University of Adelaide have found a case where the cause is actually outside the gene, in the regulation of proteins.
Major flaw found in standard approach to gene expression analysis
26 October, 2012Common assumptions employed in the generation and interpretation of data from global gene expression analyses can lead to seriously flawed conclusions about gene activity and cell behaviour, according to Whitehead Institute researchers.
Genetic discovery will help provide advanced warning for stroke
03 September, 2012In what is akin to finding a needle in a haystack, a genetic discovery has helped medical researchers in Newcastle take a further stride towards predetermining the risk factors for stroke.
New York Genome Center purchases four Ion Proton Sequencers for cancer research
16 August, 2012Life Technologies Corporation has announced that the New York Genome Center (NYGC) has purchased four Ion Proton Sequencers for its new Innovation Center. The sequencers will be used to accelerate research on the genetic mechanisms of cancer.
DNA sequenced for parrot’s ability to parrot
03 July, 2012Scientists say they have assembled more completely the string of genetic letters that could control how well parrots learn to imitate their owners and other sounds.
Fusion genes and prostate cancer
31 May, 2012Researchers have shown how a mutation found in half of all prostate cancers may lead to disease development and other cancers.
Free access to the world’s largest release of comprehensive human cancer genome data
30 May, 2012The St Jude Children’s Research Hospital - Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has announced the largest-ever release of comprehensive human cancer genome data for free access by the global scientific community.
Modified cytosines and fundamental life processes
25 May, 2012A new technique allows precise mapping of all 5-hydroxymethylcytosine and 5-methylcytosine sites in a mammalian genome using well-established, next-generation DNA sequencing methods. These modified cytosines have been found to play major roles in fundamental life processes.
Flying turtles
25 May, 2012Researchers have found genetic evidence that turtles are more closely related to birds than lizards and snakes.
DNASTAR Lasergene 10 Software for next-generation sequence analysis and assembly
17 May, 2012DNASTAR has announced the release of Lasergene 10 as a Sanger and next-generation sequence analysis and assembly software upgrade, with major enhancements to its flagship desktop software suite for molecular biologists. Among other improvements, the product introduces SeqNinja, a tool for manipulating and modifying large or complex sets of genomic data or editing sequence data and annotations across large data sets very quickly.
Enhancing long read sequencing capabilities for genome and transcriptome research
16 May, 2012Genomics organisation BGI has announced that a Roche GS FLX+ System has been successfully installed at its facility in Shenzhen, China. The goal is to complement the existing array of short read sequencing technologies and enhance BGI’s long read sequencing capability.
Roche 454 GS Junior System software upgrade and workflow improvements
01 May, 2012Roche has announced the availability of a software upgrade, and further upcoming sequencing performance and workflow improvements, to the company’s benchtop next-generation sequencing platform, the 454 GS Junior System.
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences SPRIworks HT automated sample preparation system
25 March, 2012SPRIworks HT, from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, is a high-throughput solution for fragment library preparation on Illumina next-generation sequencers. The product allows researchers to process libraries with greater speed and sample reproducibility and decrease processing costs.
UWA launches powerful DNA sequencer
23 February, 2012Researchers at the University of Western Australia (UWA) have launched the Hi-Seq Illumina Deep Sequencer, the most powerful platform worldwide for next-generation sequencing. In a single day of use, at the cost of a few thousand dollars, this technology will allow researchers to obtain the sequence equivalent of the entire human genome project.
