An interesting story on what a DNA report can reveal, in this case the woman has an X and a Y, instead of two Xs, like most females. It is somewhat rare but does exist with having internal testicles, and this produces extra high levels of estrogen, the the testosterone produced pretty much can't...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 08-11-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, DNA, healthcare, Biotech, Science, Pharmacogenomics, Biomed, Chromosomes
The software offers both detailed, localized views of genomic data, and a whole genome view, in a format somewhat similar to the way Google presents items on the web. It is free to download and use. There are also some sample data files available. I like the idea of the heat map view...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 08-06-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, DNA, Genomics, Research, Pharmacogenomics, MIT, Biomed, Broad Institute, Harvard
The program uses just plain old Java, but add this technology with sequencing information and with the 4D applications, studies can be virtually conducted to see how a medication would react with selected settings. Its resolution is scaleable to 100,000,000 pixels and more by using more than one...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 08-05-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, DNA, Genomics, Research, Pharmacogenomics, Biomed, Disease, Virtual Reality