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Online gene testers propose their own regulations
Published July 9, 2009, 3:37 pm, San Jose Mercury News
Mountain View gene-testing company 23andMe is sponsoring legislation that would transform regulation of its industry, a move that has triggered concern among bioethicists, privacy advocates and others.
Two reproductive factors are important predictors of death from ovarian cancer
Published July 9, 2009, 1:18 pm, News-Medical-Net
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that survival among women with ovarian cancer is influenced by age of menarche and total number of lifetime ovulatory cycles.
Helicos BioSciences Applauds the Nomination of Dr. Francis Collins as NIH Director
Published July 9, 2009, 1:17 pm, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
WASHINGTON----Helicos BioSciences Corporation applauds the nomination of Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., as the new director of the National Institutes of Health . President Obama announced the nomination yesterday.
Q&A: Carnegie Mellon's Eric Xing Develops Tools to Put Dynamics into Network Analysis
Published July 9, 2009, 12:18 pm, GenomeWeb News
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.
Sorenson Foundation Using Biomatrica Storage for DNA Samples
Published July 9, 2009, 12:18 pm, GenomeWeb News
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation will use Biomatrica’s SampleMatrix room-temperature storage technology instead of ultra-low temperature freezers to archive its newly collected DNA samples, Biomatrica said yesterday.
Agilent to Collaborate with UCSD on Network Visualization Software
Published July 9, 2009, 12:18 pm, GenomeWeb News
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Agilent Technologies said today that it will collaborate with Trey Ideker's lab at the University of California, San Diego, to further develop the open source Cytoscape network visualization software package.
Of Yeast And Men: Unraveling The Molecular Mechanisms Of Friedreich's Ataxia
Published July 9, 2009, 10:21 am, Science Daily
Scientists have created an experimental model that produces large-scale expansion of GAA repeats during DNA replication, which is the cause of Friedreich's Ataxia. With this model, the researchers are able to analyze GAA repeat expansions and then identify cellular proteins that thwarted normal replication and promoted the elongated sequence.
Museum To Store DNA Of Endangered Species
Published July 9, 2009, 10:17 am, redOrbit
A signed agreement between the American Museum of Natural History and the U.S.
Unraveling The Molecular Mechanisms Of Friedreich's Ataxia
Published July 9, 2009, 10:16 am, redOrbit
Researchers in human genetics have long known that expansions of GAA repeats – resulting in this nucleotide triplet repeating hundreds or thousands of times – cause the most common hereditary neurological disorder known as Friedreich's ataxia.
Of yeast and men: Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of Friedreich's ataxia
Published July 9, 2009, 10:05 am, PhysOrg
Researchers in human genetics have long known that expansions of GAA repeats - resulting in this nucleotide triplet repeating hundreds or thousands of times - cause the most common hereditary neurological disorder known as Friedreich's ataxia. There is no cure for this condition, which damages the nervous system and can result in heart disease.
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