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Genetic Testing Using Your Cell Phone (Impact Lab)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:27:40 GMT

Check your DNA with your cellphone? Electrostatic analysis makes it possible Genetic testing to see how susceptible you might be to things like baldness or cancer is pretty common. What you might not know is how involved the analysis can be - it needs fancy chemical labeling and sophisticated instruments, stuff that’s not too common in [...]

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Principles, Techniques and Applications of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics (Business Wire)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:02:00 GMT

This report explores contemporary techniques and applications of plant biotechnology, illustrating the tremendous potential this technology has to change our world by improving the food supply. As an introductory text, its focus is on basic science and processes. It guides students from plant biology and genetics to breeding to principles and applications of plant biotechnology. Next, the text...

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Genetic Companies in Trouble in California (ScienceRoll)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:56:55 GMT

Months before, Steve and I, we both said it would happen. And now look at this announcement: The California Department of Public Health has issued notices to 13 laboratories to cease and desist performing genetic testing for California residents until the laboratories meet the requirements specified in state law. Any laboratory offering genetic tests to California [...]

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Biologist Teaches the Nation’s Judges About Genetics (Darwiniana)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:05:14 GMT

gnxp James P. Evans hopes to demystify all of science and, specifically, genetics. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/science/01conv.html

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BioTrove, Gene Express Awarded NIH Grant To Develop Novel Standardized Genetic Profiling Test (Medical News Today)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT

BioTrove, Inc. and Gene Express, Inc. announced their receipt of a two-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, awarded in support of their proposed novel research of genetic biomarkers for lung cancer.

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Online genetic testing exposed as a scam (the INQUIRER)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:10:51 GMT

Sylvie Barak the Inquirer , Thursday 3 July 2008. 10:01:00 No lifeguard in gene pool shocka SENDING YOUR BODILY fluids off to online DNA testing centres probably won't bring you any closer to solving the mysteries in your family tree, according to an undercover investigation. Computer magazine, Which? Computing, skeptically put several online DNA ancestor mapping services to the test, and to...

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What process attributes of clinical genetics services could maximise patient benefits? (British Journal of Pharmacology)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:29 GMT

What process attributes of clinical genetics services could maximise patient benefits? European Journal of Human Genetics advance online publication, July 2, 2008. doi:10.1038/ejhg.2008.121 Authors: Marion McAllister, Katherine Payne, Rhona MacLeod, Stuart Nicholls, Dian Donnai & Linda Davies

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UC San Diego Undergraduates Forge New Area Of Bioinformatics (Medical News Today)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT

A group of undergraduate students from the University of California San Diego have forged a new area of bioinformatics that may improve genomic and proteomic annotations and unlock a collection of stubborn biological mysteries. Their work will be published in the July issue of the journal Genome Research.

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The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (WTCCC) Selects Illumina Infinium High-Density (HD) DNA Analysis Products To Study 90,000 Samples (Medical News Today)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) announced that researchers participating in a new initiative funded by the Wellcome Trust selected Illumina's Infinium HD BeadChips to analyze 90,000 DNA samples. This new initiative aims to decipher the molecular basis of human disease and includes participation from leading research groups around the globe.

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Check your DNA with your cellphone (SlipperyBrick)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:56:16 GMT

Genetic testing isn’t something you can do in a few minutes. It’s an involved process, requiring special chemicals and instruments that aren’t commonplace everywhere. But now some scientists at Berkeley have created a technique that uses electrostatic tech instead, which simplifies everything. The DNA is prepared in a lab first and put on a microarray. [...]

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News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation July 1, 2008 (Medical News Today)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Calpain inhibitors never forget: improving memory in Alzheimer disease mice Overactivation of proteins known as calpains, which are involved in memory formation, has been linked to Alzheimer disease.

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New Technique Produces Genetically Identical Stem Cells (Medical News Today)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Adult cells of mice created from genetically reprogrammed cells - so-called induced pluripotent stem (IPS) stem cells - can be triggered via drug to enter an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, without the need for further genetic alteration. The discovery, which promises to bring new efficiencies to embryonic stem cell research, is reported in the July 1, 2008, online issue of Nature Biotechnology.

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Consumer genetic movement: Cease and desist? How about undersand and resist! (The Health Care Blog)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:22:48 GMT

By Scott Shreeve I have been following health care consumerism for several years now. Particularly, the “Direct Access” or “Direct To Consumer” laboratory testing market. While analytic lab testing has led out in this area, genetic testing has received all...

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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: deCODE genetics, Monogram, United States Cellular, Telephone and Data Systems and Canon (Business Wire)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT

Incremental revenues from diagnostic tests coupled with cost savings from the reduction in staff will result in a lower cash burn in the coming quarters. We believe the shares offer substantial upside potential, but do not expect significant upward movement in the near term due to risks associated with the company's drug development program. We believe that the risk/reward profile is balanced...

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Race and Genetics (Tim Worstall)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:23:12 GMT

Nice piece here. Can be rather summed up by PJ O’Rourke’s comment on sex. There are times when the difference between men and women is crucial: like when trying to make babies. There are also times when the differences are not important: like when trying to trade bonds. So with race: when looking for things like Tay [...]

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The Formula For The 21st Century Dad - More Nurture: Less Nature (Medical News Today)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Being the genetic father of a child should not necessarily entitle men to parenting rights according to a new study published in the journal Clinical Ethics by researchers from the University of Birmingham.

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Genetics roundup (Terry's LJ)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:32:17 GMT

Removing the gene for CCR5 from T-cells makes them practically immune to HIV infection . Over 30 genes known to affect the likelihood of developing Crohn's disease . The evolution and modeling of the tomato. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions with genetically modified crops . Explaining the paradox of hereditary homosexuality .

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To Test or Not to Test? (Nova Science Now)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:00:00 GMT

Dr. Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the ethical issues raised by commercial genetic testing. Podcast produced by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the...

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The genetics of metabolic syndrome across populations (Yann Klimentidis' Weblog)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:16:00 GMT

Regions of strong genetic association with phenotypes related to metabolic syndrome are found to differ between groups (whites, Mexican Americans, African Americans, and Japanese Americans). Genome-wide Linkage Scan for the Metabolic Syndrome: The GENNID Study Karen L. Edwards, Carolyn M. Hutter, Jia Yin Wan, Helen Kim and Stephanie A. Monks Obesity (2008) 16 7, 1596–1601 Abstract: In the United...

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Biologist teaches U.S. judges about genetics (International Herald Tribune)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:07:00 GMT

James Evans hopes to demystify all of science and, specifically, genetics.

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