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
Yes there is a genomics based test for this now, male and female. Inquiring minds want to know. If the answer comes back yes, then get a hold of some Propecia ©. If you have the gene variant, you have approximately a 70% chance of going bald, and the same in reverse if you do not have...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-28-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, personalized medicine, Genomics, Pharmacogenomics, DNA Testing, hair loss, Bald, Hair
I would say genomics and personalized medicine is a very hot topic and developing fast, based on 4 machines being ordered from Singapore. Just this week Stanford university ordered their single sequencing machines from Helicos. Stay tuned and there’s plenty of sequencing and personalized...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-09-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, personalized medicine, Genomics, Pharmacogenomics, DNA Testing, Sequencing Machines
We are getting closer to the $1,000 genome. Their business though is not to sell the machines, but rather to “wholesale” the process, in other words they will sequence only and offer no interpretations, which would be done by another company they would supply the sequencing information to. ...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-07-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, personalized medicine, Genomics, Pharmacogenomics, DNA Testing, Sequencing, George Church, Complete Genomics
This article states part of the reporting system will include information on the willingness of a doctor to use genetic testing, well first of all we need to help the doctors to bring this full circle with the integration into the clinical side of this, as I have spoken to many MDs and they are aware...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-06-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Genomics, drugs, Education, FDA, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacogenomics, DNA Testing
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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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