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Genetic variation can predict how people infected with hepatitis C react to treatment: Scientists

A small genetic change can predict how people infected with hepatitis C react to treatment, paving the way to personalised therapy for this difficult to treat disease, the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics will hear today (Sunday 13 June). Dr. Zoltan Kutalik, from the Department of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, will tell delegates that individuals with this change, in a gene encoding for the antiviral cytokine (cell-signalling molecule) interferon lamda, reacts less well to treatment.

14 Jun 2010

New study to use genetic 'chips' for examining DNA from over 20,000 heart disease patients

New research at the University of Leicester will use the latest genetic techniques to examine DNA from over 20,000 patients with heart disease.

11 Jun 2010

Emerging science of epigenetics offers new insights at crossroads of genes and the environment: Article

An emerging arm of molecular biology is introducing a new interpretation of traditional concepts of human disease, explains an article published today in Nature. According to author Dr. Arturas Petronis at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, the emerging science of epigenetics is offering new insights at the crossroads of genes and the environment, or nature and nurture. Dr. Petronis is head of the Krembil Family Epigenetics Laboratory at CAMH and an international expert in the field.

11 Jun 2010

NuGEN launches Encore NGS Library/Multiplex Systems and Ovation 3'-DGE System

NuGEN®, the provider of innovative RNA and DNA amplification and sample preparation technologies for breakthrough genomic analysis, today announced the introduction of its Encore NGS Library/Multiplex Systems and the Ovation 3'-DGE System. Together with the Ovation RNA-Seq System, launched in 2009, NuGEN is continuing to provide life sciences researchers with innovative and versatile sample preparation reagents that enable a broad range of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) applications through fast, simple and scalable workflows.

11 Jun 2010

Pfizer to join SGC-led collaboration to generate chemical probes for proteins involved in epigenetic signalling

The Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) and Pfizer today announced that Pfizer will join the SGC-led public-private collaboration to generate small molecule inhibitors - "chemical probes" - for proteins involved in epigenetic signalling.

11 Jun 2010

NanoString Technologies launches new solution to detect CNVs in human genomic samples

NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a complete solution for detecting and counting large sets of target molecules in biological samples, today announced the launch of its early access program for a unique new solution that detects copy number variation in human genomic samples. The program was announced in conjunction with the company's participation in the European Human Genetics Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.

From NanoString Technologies 10 Jun 2010

Copy number variants may cause autism: Study

An international consortium of researchers from more than 70 universities, including the University of Utah, has reported that a study of nearly 2,300 people supports the growing consensus that autism is caused in part by rare genetic changes called copy number variants (CNVs).

10 Jun 2010

Autism is caused in part by CNVs: Study

10 Jun 2010

Researchers underscore role of jumping genes in maintaining genetic diversity

Using high-throughput sequencing to map the locations of a common type of jumping gene within a person's entire genome, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found extensive variation in these locations among the individuals they studied, further underscoring the role of these errant genes in maintaining genetic diversity.

4 Jun 2010

Life Technologies, DKFZ collaborate to create National High-Throughput Sequencing Center

Life Technologies Corporation and the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum or DKFZ) today announced their collaboration to create the National High-Throughput Sequencing Center. This exclusive partnership will create the largest sequencing facility in Germany and the first national sequencing center in Europe dedicated to systems biology.

3 Jun 2010

Researchers discover relationship between DNA methylation and positioning of nucleosomes

A previously unknown pattern in DNA methylation - an event that affects cell function by altering gene expression - has been uncovered for the first time by stem cell researchers at UCLA, a finding that could have implications in preventing some cancers and correcting defects in human stem cell lines.

3 Jun 2010

Texas A&M uses pGAP and IBM supercomputing technology to boost tuberculosis research

IBM today announced that Texas A&M University used IBM supercomputing technology to carry out potentially life-saving tuberculosis research at a rate more than four times faster than was previously possible.

2 Jun 2010

Various aspects of consumer genetics to be discussed at 2nd Annual Consumer Genetics Conference

At the 2nd Annual Consumer Genetics Conference taking place in Boston from June 2-4 at the Hynes Convention Center, these issues will be addressed and preeminent leaders from varying areas of expertise will provide perspectives on these crucial topics that are shaping the way we approach clinical medicine and helping to improve patient outcomes.

29 May 2010

Roche launches GS Junior System benchtop DNA sequencing platform for life science research

Roche, announced today the global launch of the GS Junior System, the company's new benchtop next-generation DNA sequencing platform for life science research. The GS Junior System, developed by 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, provides an integrated sequencing and bioinformatics solution, all in a size that is no bigger than a typical desktop laser printer.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 28 May 2010

Mount Sinai School of Medicine deploys Isilon scale-out NAS for DNA sequencing and analysis workflow

Isilon® Systems today announced that Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Genomics Institute and Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences has deployed Isilon scale-out NAS as the primary repository for its next-generation DNA sequencing and analysis workflow.

27 May 2010

RainDance Technologies increases commercial activities in Europe with series of technology seminars

RainDance Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced it is increasing its commercial activities in Europe beginning with a series of technology seminars during the week of 24 May 2010.

25 May 2010

New research finding may change direction of vaccine research for M. tuberculosis

Scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered that the strategy of "immune evasion" common to many viruses, bacteria and parasites, is uncommon to M. tuberculosis where the antigens remain strikingly unchanged and homogenous. The study published in Nature Genetics on May 23, 2010, suggests that M. tuberculosis antigens do not mutate because they hope to be recognized by the body's immune system- perhaps because the host immune mechanism that leads to the typical lung destruction and cough can contribute to the spread of the disease.

25 May 2010

Researchers identify mechanisms involved in gene mutation

Genetic variation due to DNA mutation is a driving force of adaptation and evolution, as well as a contributing factor to disease. However, the mechanisms governing DNA mutation rate are not well understood.

25 May 2010

Expression Analysis agrees to purchase PacBio RS DNA sequencing system from Pacific Biosciences

Expression Analysis, a leading provider of genomic services for clinical trials and research, announced today that it has agreed to purchase a PacBio RS DNA sequencing system from northern-California based Pacific Biosciences, whose third-generation DNA sequencing technology is expected to revolutionize the field of genetic analysis through the use of single molecule real time detection of biological events.

24 May 2010

Sangamo's ZFP Therapeutics technology highlighted at ASGCT Annual Meeting

Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. announced today that data from research and preclinical programs focused on the development of zinc finger DNA-binding protein Therapeutics were described in fifteen presentations given by Sangamo scientists and collaborators at the 13th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy.

24 May 2010

DNA Sequencing News and Research

Genetic variation can predict how people infected with hepatitis C react to treatment: Scientists

New study to use genetic 'chips' for examining DNA from over 20,000 heart disease patients

Emerging science of epigenetics offers new insights at crossroads of genes and the environment: Article

NuGEN launches Encore NGS Library/Multiplex Systems and Ovation 3'-DGE System

Pfizer to join SGC-led collaboration to generate chemical probes for proteins involved in epigenetic signalling

NanoString Technologies launches new solution to detect CNVs in human genomic samples

Copy number variants may cause autism: Study

Autism is caused in part by CNVs: Study

Researchers underscore role of jumping genes in maintaining genetic diversity

Life Technologies, DKFZ collaborate to create National High-Throughput Sequencing Center

Researchers discover relationship between DNA methylation and positioning of nucleosomes

Texas A&M uses pGAP and IBM supercomputing technology to boost tuberculosis research

Various aspects of consumer genetics to be discussed at 2nd Annual Consumer Genetics Conference

Roche launches GS Junior System benchtop DNA sequencing platform for life science research

Mount Sinai School of Medicine deploys Isilon scale-out NAS for DNA sequencing and analysis workflow

RainDance Technologies increases commercial activities in Europe with series of technology seminars

New research finding may change direction of vaccine research for M. tuberculosis

Researchers identify mechanisms involved in gene mutation

Expression Analysis agrees to purchase PacBio RS DNA sequencing system from Pacific Biosciences

Sangamo's ZFP Therapeutics technology highlighted at ASGCT Annual Meeting

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