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In a recent paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , Carnegie Mellon's Eric Xing criticized current network analysis methods, noting that they take a "static" view that does not represent biological processes in a useful manner.
HERCULES, Calif.----Eureka Genomics, an industry leader in advanced bioinformatics analysis of next generation sequencing data, announced today that it played a key role in the characterization of a previously undefined viral syndrome that is threatening California vineyards--and has baffled scientists for nearly 20 years.
It's not just good manners to wait your turn -- it's actually down to evolution, according to new research. What's more, this behavior can be simulated using a simple computer algorithm and basic genetic laws.
( University of Leicester ) It's not just good manners to wait your turn -- it's actually down to evolution, according to new research by University of Leicester psychologists.
Like many diseases, causes for age-related macular degeneration can be categorized as either "nature" or "nurture". Researchers think these factors, when used in the proper model, can be strong predictors of the disease. AMD is the leading cause of vision loss in Americans 60 years of age and older.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Precision BioSciences today said that the US Patent and Trademark Office is reexamining two patents that have been licensed to Cellectis and that are part of ongoing litigation between the two firms.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Proteome Sciences and Millipore jointly announced today that they will collaborate on the development of multiplex immunoassays for Alzheimer's disease research.
Over on Aetiology, Tara Smith discusses the future of graduate students and post-docs – it is not looking so bright. She quotes a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article that says that the long training time, job shortages in academia, and the daunting competition for research grants is a bit of a turn-off.
In five years, Biopolis in Singapore has grown to 1,000 scientists, and it’s not lacking in scientific output: the number of papers produced at the flagship Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology grew from 82 in 2000 to 165 in 2006, and Singapore’s Genome Institute became the first in the world to sequence the SARS virus in 2003. However, critics there are beginning to argue whether the current ...
Over at Genetic Future, Daniel MacArthur discusses the recent Lao paper from Current Biology that genotyped 2,514 people from 23 different European subpopulations.
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