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This is something new I have not seen in genomic research to put various patents out on the market for bid. You can read through the press release and see the descriptions for the patents going up for the highest bidder. This is in the area of the lab-on-a-chip area. Wikipedia offers...
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Danaher is a conglomerate of companies that have four basic groups. From the website: “Danaher’s business activities encompass four reporting segments and are comprised of seven strategic platforms: Medical Technologies (Life Sciences & Diagnostics and Dental), Professional Instrumentation...
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It was just this summer that MIT purchased 51 machines, and I am guessing these are larger than the desktop machine announced. It makes you wonder if in a few years your sequencing machine will sit there right next to your printer. This is not the first desktop model but rather a second one...
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Thu, Jan 13 2011
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Private investigators soon may take on a whole new identify. As we have all read your DNA can easily be picked up off a glass where you drank some water, a beverage at a bar and so on. We currently have GINA to protect us from companies using DNA information against us but what about other...
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Currently the company is licensed in the UK to test on behalf of lawyers in divorce cases to find the real “daddy”, so this appears to be an added service up and coming? Also the company tests animals to find out who the daddy is to ensure pedigree information has not been altered. Teenagers...
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The machine is said to sell for less than 100k, which compared to other products that do the same on the market, a bargain by price. This is actually a new type of machine based on semi conductor technology and is referred to as a desktop sequencing machine, well I guess it sits there like a printer...
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Thu, Dec 16 2010
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This is a unique story here but patient information via HIPAA needs to be protected and instead of transferring patient data right into a MDVIP data base, he could have taken another route and that would have been to have the patients use a PHR. Yes it is a little extra work but if patients would...
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Tue, Dec 7 2010
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This is amazing as a few years ago nobody batted an eye when Quest Labs bought out Uni-Lab which was much larger than little Westcliff by comparison. I remember that one well as it took a few years for Quest to incorporate the lab numbers to create one data base that all could use with brining...
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Wed, Dec 1 2010
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This comes out of Harvard Stem Cell Institute and this stand to hold a two pack punch with putting all the politics of stem cell research in an area of satisfaction so they can march on and find another cause to worry about and the ability of science to find treatments in a faster more efficient methods...
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Sun, Oct 17 2010
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How can we afford to treat patients for chronic conditions he asks? At age 45 he points out there is a big spike and that there are very few things that will change the ways we can create “healthy aging”. He says all insurance does is change the face of “who pays”. He says rationing...
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Labcorp the company most of us know as one of the major labs where we go for tests already had a big hold and interest in genomics and has for years so this could make for a very good match. The National Genetics Institute is located in Los Angeles . Just a couple days ago Genzyme announced...
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Mon, Sep 13 2010
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Helicos when they started out was one of the major companies exploring genomics and over the years the competition has heated up. From earlier this year Pacific BioSciences made their announcement on the 15 minutes sequence. Pacific BioSciences also backing from Intel. Pacific BioSciences...
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I am sure the judge was interpreting the law as it was written so the next step is it sounds like is an “act of Congress” unless the Department of Justice has other alternatives. As a nation we would be fools to have this remain on the books as the last year since stem cell research was reinstated...
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Tue, Aug 24 2010
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Around 700 students though already have their results so there were in under the wire. The test still will be conducted but with anonymous identities and used for research. No word yet on any changes at Stanford as their program offers interpretations and are not used for research and the...
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Sun, Aug 15 2010
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The entire purpose here was to see what the different companies found with the analytics and there were some variations, just like you would have if you went to see 4 different doctors. The FDA has classified the tests as “medical devices” so this investigation might be a continuation on how to...
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Thu, Jul 22 2010
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