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• Electronic DNA sequencing in nanopores funded with $6.5m

  The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a $6.5 (over 4 years) grant to a team of Harvard University researchers to further develop electronic sequencing in nanopores. The grant is Read More...
  Posted Saturday, September 06, 2008 3:02 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: nanopores, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, DNA sequencing

• Sequencing a Single Molecule of DNA: Helicos Biosciences' novel machine could speed up sequencing and unearth new disease-linked genetic variations

  In the corner of Helicos BioSciences' ­offices in Cambridge, MA, a screen on the face of what looks like a giant refrigera­tor flashes a countdown: 10 days, five hours, and 51 minutes until it finishes reading the sequence of all the DNA that Read More...
  Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 3:09 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: DNA sequencing

• DNA Technology Posts Dramatic Speed Increases

  A prominent genetics institute recently sequenced its trillionth base pair of DNA, highlighting just how fast genome sequencing technology has improved this century. Every two minutes, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute sequences as many base pairs as Read More...
  Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 2:46 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Genomics, DNA sequencing

• DNA Sequencing in a Snap

  A novel sequencing technology being developed by a Massachusetts startup allows scientists to take photographs of the sequence of a DNA molecule. William Glover, president of ZS Genetics, based in North Reading, MA, says that his approach will allow scientists Read More...
  Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 3:58 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: DNA sequencing

• Lab in a Drop

  They have now developed a rapid test for genetic diagnosis that combines the preparation of biological samples with a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on one chip. As they report in the journal Angewandte Chemie , the “laboratory device” for Read More...
  Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:18 PM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Genetic testing, gene sequences, DNA sequencing

• Biology's Next Breakthroughs

  Biotech pioneer Leroy Hood explains how systems biology will impact medicine. In the 1980s, Leroy Hood was something of a maverick. At a time when most biologists wanted nothing to do with the tools and methods of engineering, Hood developed a series Read More...
  Posted Saturday, May 03, 2008 6:28 AM by Editor / 1 Comments

  Tags: DNA sequencing, Biotechnology

• Ice Age DNA may now be sequenced

  We might now be able to sequence the genomes of mammoths and even Neanderthals, thanks to a new way to correct the errors in sequencing ancient DNA that are made because it degrades over time.... Read more
  Posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 1:03 AM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Genomics, DNA sequencing