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Oct 13, 2017

'Digital' Nucleic Acid Amplification Shows Promise for Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing

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A new assay uses digital loop-mediated isothermal amplification (dLAMP) to perform phenotypic antibacterial susceptibility testing in 30 minutes.

Sep 18, 2017

Teeny Tiny DNA Robot

Popular Mechanics reports that Caltech researchers have built a prototype nanobot using DNA.

Mar 30, 2017

NIH Awards Gene Ontology Consortium $2.7M to Improve Knowledgebase

The funding will be used to develop new software and data structures to enable researchers to use the GO data for network-based analysis. 

Feb 03, 2017

NHGRI Commits $31.5M to Expand ENCODE Project

The funding will, in part, support efforts to expand the project's catalog of functional elements and understand their roles in different contexts.

Oct 27, 2015

JPL Researchers Characterize International Space Station Microbiome

Jet Propulsion Laboratory researchers characterized the International Space Station's microbiome, finding that it's dominated by a skin-linked bacterium.

Oct 28, 2014

IP Roundup: CalTech, QuantumDx, Fluidigm Win US Patents

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The California Institute of Technology has been awarded

Dec 05, 2013

Using $15M DARPA Award, Caltech Team Shows Robust Digital Isothermal PCR on 'SlipChip' Device

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Using a microfluidic device called SlipChip, a cell phone camera, and cloud computing, a California Institute of Technology team has shown the superiority of digital over real-time isothermal PCR under perturbed experimental conditions.

Dec 03, 2013

IP Roundup: Fluidigm, Affymetrix, Illumina, CalTech, IBM, CapitalBio, Tsinghua University, and Others

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Fluidigm of South San Francisco, Calif., has received US Patent No.

Oct 15, 2013

IP Roundup: CalTech, Maven Technologies, Cancer Genetics, Fujifilm, Enzo Life Sciences

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The California Institute of Technology of Pasadena has received US Patent No. 8,557,199, "Self-powered microfluidic devices, methods and systems." The claimed device consists of microfluidic channels and a pressure source for pumping reagents through the channels.

Aug 29, 2013

Teams Scour Parasitic Worm Genome, Transcriptomes for Signs of Vulnerability

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A pair of genome sequencing studies appearing online yesterday in Genome Biology is stirring enthusiasm about the prospect of getting at the genetic roots of drug resistance in Haemonchus contortus — commonly known as the barber pole worm — and coming

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When the Ailment You're Studying Becomes Personal

In an against-all-odds twist, a researcher studying exceeding rare FOXG1 mutations discovers her daughter has the syndrome.

Irish Genomics Initiative Looks to Expand Into Scotland

An effort by Genomics Medicine Ireland is creating a database of diseases based on the genomics of people in Ireland. It now is looking into the possibility of including Scotland in its work.

Another Source of Data for 23andMe

In recent weeks, the direct-to-consumer genetics firm has rolled out a health hub where customers can share information concerning 18 common health conditions.

This Week in PLOS

In PLOS this week, new genes associated with prostate cancer risk, genetic patterns in M. bovis, and more.

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