POSTS TAGGED AS DNA

Achieving the Promise of Genomic Medicine

It has been 10 years since the publication of the first draft of the sequence of the human genome. This [MORE]

DNA Synthesis-Benchtop Automation?

To read this interview with Daniel Gibson, a molecular biologist with the J. Craig Venter Institute (Rockville, MD and San [MORE]

DNA Sequencing Via Microfluidics

David Weitz and physicist colleagues at Harvard have done preliminary work that shows DNA can be sequenced using a [MORE]

A Really Smart Biosensor Chip

Protein scientists in Germany and Japan have developed a new biochip that can detect proteins for specific diseases and [MORE]

DNA Nanobots

Several labs have developed two dimensional and three dimensional structures out of DNA, but recently research groups in New [MORE]

Tracking Personalized Biomarkers

Residual cancer, after surgery, leaves biomakers in the blood-both protein and DNA.  Protein markers tend to be less specific [MORE]

Inside Look with Terahertz Waves

Here’s a shocker: terahertz waves, which exist in the EM spectrum between infrared and microwaves are capable of temporarily “unzipping” [MORE]

Services for Next Generation DNA Sequencing

Besides figuring out new ways to run sequencers (e.g. IBM’s new nanopore approach, in the Nov. 3 Tagline), faster sample [MORE]

Kaiser Permanente to Create 100,000 Genome Data Bank in CA

What do you suppose would be the reaction to a news headline that an insurance company is undertaking the largest [MORE]

Nanopore Sequencing

DNA sequencing typically requires restriction enzymes to chop up segments and then fluorescent dye labeling so the reader can detect [MORE]

DNA as Cellular Velcro

Tissue engineers usually rely on artificial scaffolds to assemble cells, but UC-SF chemist Zev Gartner and Carolyn Bertozzi have developed a [MORE]

The $100 Genome

No, the $1,000 genome has not yet seen the light of day, but hardly a week goes by without hearing [MORE]

SNP Doctor

Researchers at the Imperial College, London and their commercial spin-out, DNA Electronics, have devised a handheld instrument that does a [MORE]

Bead Array Counter

The Naval Research Lab has developed a compact instrument that uses 64 sensors, 200 μm in size, that are coated [MORE]

Wisconsin Genomics Initiative

Several medical research organizations in Wisconsin have announced their intent to collaborate on a genomics projects aimed at supporting personalized [MORE]

Genomes for Sale

For $350,000 you could buy New Zealand artist Charles Goldie’s last painting, or a 2009 ZR1 Corvette, or a [MORE]

Microfluidic Devices for Point of Care Clinical Diagnostics

There has been rapidly growing interest in microfabricated fluidic devices (microchips) over the past decade.  The diversity of chemical and [MORE]