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May 10, 2017

Health Not Primary Motivation for DTC Genetic Tests, Open Genetic Data Sharing

Researchers found that direct-to-consumer genetic testing customers' primary motivation to share their genomic data was not to gain health specific knowledge.

Dec 06, 2016

Genome Sequencing Reveals History of Syphilis Pandemics

Researchers sequenced dozens of Treponema pallidum isolates associated with syphilis, yaws, or bejel to look at the emergence of pandemic syphilis.

Nov 03, 2016

MutChromSeq Offers Researchers Better Method to Target, Analyze Genes in Large Genomes

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The method helps break up the genome by chromosome and reduces the complexity of identifying target genes, which is particularly useful for certain plant genomes.

Mar 11, 2014

Pathogen Search Underscores Need for Validation Steps When Sequencing Ancient Metagenomes

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Authors of a recent study in BMC Research Notes have concluded that archeological control testing and targeted verification testing are key to avoiding false-positive pathogen identification when

Feb 27, 2014

Genomics in the Journals

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The Plasmodium vivax parasite species behind most human malaria cases in Asia and Latin America can be traced back to Africa, where some ape species are still frequently afflicted with the parasite, according to a Nature Communications

Sep 12, 2013

Consortium Receives $8M to Investigate Molecular Roots of Extreme Aggression

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The European Union has approved a project aimed at determining the causes of extreme aggressive behavior and is providing €6 million ($8 million) to the effort.

Jul 24, 2012

Q&A: Ralph Schlapbach on Maintaining a Variety of Platforms at the Functional Genomics Center Zurich

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Name: Ralph Schlapbach
Age: 43

Oct 08, 2010

Proteomics-Based MicroRNA Study Shows Broad Cross-Field Potential of ISB-ETH Zurich SRMAtlas

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The study offers scientists a streamlined method for investigating the effects of miRNAs on protein expression and is "quite typical" of the kind of work the ISB and ETH Zurich's SRMAtlas will help facilitate, said Ruedi Aebersold, co-developer of the SRMAtlas.

May 28, 2010

Thermo Fisher Supplying Peptides for ISB's Human Proteome Atlas

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ISB researchers will use the company's synthetic peptides and HeavyPeptide AQUA standards in their efforts to develop selected-reaction monitoring and multiple-reaction monitoring mass spectrometry assays for each of the roughly 25,000 human proteins.

Feb 05, 2009

NIH Funding for Proteomics Fall 3 Percent in FY 2008 as Number of Grants Slides 8 Percent

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Funding from the National Institutes of Health for all proteomics-related research shrank by almost 3 percent in fiscal 2008, according to an analysis of NIH data by ProteoMonitor.

The Scan

Skipped Steps

A former Penn State Hershey Medical Center staffer has admitted to lying about skipping mandatory steps of genetic cancer tests he performed, the Associated Press reports.

Just a Few Bats

The genome of a rare, red bat suggests that its effective population size has been in decline for thousands of years, according to a PLOS One study.

This Week in Nature

In Nature this week: investigation into the genetics of medulloblastoma, and more.

Genomics for the Trees

A project in the UK is to use genomic selection to speed spruce tree growth, according to Innovators Magazine.

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