Helicos has created an open access website for sharing Helicos data sets and bioinformatics software tools, called the HeliSphere(TM) Technology Center. We are seeing a lot of new developments as genomic sequencing continues to grow at a rapid pace. The new open source software is intended for...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-15-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Biotech, Pharmacogenomics, DNA Testing, Helicos, Sequencing, Genonimic Testing, Single cell sequencing, Stanford Univeristy
A couple competitors are driving down the cost of sequencing and Helicos may feel the pressure as time passes to perhaps look in to their current pricing structure, as the race is on. This is a great video which explains the process and I wish this had been available back at the time when I interviewed...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-29-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Biotech, Pharmacogenomics, DNA Testing, Helicos, Sequencing, Genonimic Testing, Single cell sequencing, Stanford Univeristy
How hot is genomics today? There are several manufacturers of the machines that will accomplish running our DNA, our complete DNA. I know to the average person this gets a little confusing, but the companies listed here are the companies that manufacture the machines that do the entire work...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 09-25-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, personalized medicine, Genomics, Biotech, Pharmacogenomics, DNA Testing, Helicos, Sequencing, RNA
This is the complete product. It is not the chip bases analysis offered by many genomics companies and it takes a while to compile. One thing about having the entire genome is that it is complete, where the chip companies are updating data, software, etc., but that's not to say their...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 09-08-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Genomics, Biotech, Pharmacogenomics, Harvard, DNA Testing, George Cook, Sequencing, Knome Harvard Medical
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
Pfizer is wasting no time to get the calculations running and numbers rolling. To stay in the market, they are attempting to find out as much as they can about potential side effects and other perhaps adverse affects of their drugs. Better than they find up them front, as it will make for better...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 07-15-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, personalized medicine, DNA, drugs, Biotech, Pharmacogenomics, Side Effects