Sequencing and Analysis of the Hydra Genome
Chapman, Kirkness et al., Nature
An international research collaboration reports their sequencing and analysis of the Hydra magnipapillata genome, and compare it to the genomes of several other organisms. "The Hydra genome has been shaped by bursts of transposable element expansion, horizontal gene transfer, trans-splicing, and simplification of gene structure and gene content that parallel simplification of the Hydra life cycle," the authors write. They team suggests that comparisons of the Hydra genome to the reported sequences of other animals have helped them to elucidate the evolution of several of the organism's characteristics.
Nanosphere Gets FDA OK for H1N1 Info in Package Insert for Assay
November 24, 2009
The FDA cleared an update to the package insert for its Verigene Respiratory Virus Nucleic Acid Test to include reactivity with Influenza A in cultured clinical isolates containing 2009 H1N1 influenza virus.
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