The technological advancement of DNA sequencing has been progressing so rapidly that the extraction steps that were always just a small part of a much longer process, are now hindering the speed with which research can be done. DNA is typically extracted from a biological sample using special filters...
Most parents have probably heard about the major genetic disorders that can be tested for prior to birth such as trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome). Relatively few people, however, may know about other more “subtle” genetic abnormalities that can be discovered prenatally. Medgadget recently had the...
Many fields of science and medicine rely on the use of microscopes and flow cytometry. Microscopes are used in multiple areas of the medical fields such as to identify pathogens, and examine tissue samples for aberrations, to name a few. Flow cytometry is used for cell sorting, counting and biomarker...
A collaboration between IMEC, a Flemish research center, and Panasonic has led to the development of a new PCR chip that automatically and quickly detects SNPs (single-nucleotide polymorphisms) in whole blood. Current methods take hours, but the new system can do 30 temperature cycles in 9 minutes. The...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Peter K. Vogt, Ph.D., will receive the 2013 Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research for his groundbreaking work on cancer-causing viruses that helped establish the field of cancer genetics. Vogt, the executive vice president for scientific affairs and a professor...
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SPOT Imaging Solutions (Sterling Heights, MI) has released a new microscopy camera for teaching and presenting that offers 4 megapixel resolution with a wide field of view. The Insight Gigabit Camera uses a Kodak 21.4 mm scientific CCD sensor and can provide full resolution video at 14 frames a second...
Levels of 13 genes elevated in unaffected breasts of women with hormone receptor-negative breast cancer. Eight of the genes were associated with lipid metabolism. Ability to identify those at risk may help tailor prevention strategies. PHILADELPHIA — The overexpression or underexpression of a newly...
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Researchers from University of California Davis have reported in PLOS ONE the development of transgenic goats that produce lysozyme, an antimicrobial normally found in human breast milk. The idea is to use the milk to prevent or alleviate the effects of gastrointestinal infections. The team then setup...
In an amazing new development for the study of the brain and associated neurodegenerative diseases, researchers at Stanford developed a way to watch neuron activity of live mice as they go about being mice. The mice were genetically engineered to express a green fluorescent protein that is sensitive...
Bacterial cells that perform sensor duties in the body may be of great benefit for clinical medicine in the future. Cells have been made before to react in specific ways to a given stimulus, which can be detected externally. Now researchers at MIT have developed synthetic genetic circuits within living...
Life Technologies received FDA approval for the company’s 3500 Dx Genetic Analyzers and SeCore HLA (human leukocyte antigen) typing kits. This is the first clinically available sequence-based system for HLA typing in the U.S. HLA typing is used to identify tissue compatibility between donor and...