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New Products (GenomeWeb News)
The National Center for Biotechnology Information has released Blast 2.2.23 , a new version of the stand-alone application.
(Mar 30, 2010)
Judge Invalidates Patenting Breast Cancer Genes (InjuryBoard)
LEARN MORE The Genomics Law Report Judge Robert Sweet decision (pdf) Center for Genetics and Society IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons Web site / gene expression of BRCA 1 gene/ Genomic Institute of Novartis Research Foundation Patenting Life? A federal judge in Manhattan decided Monday not to allow human genes to be patented, a move heralded as a boon for genetic research and public health. On ...
(Mar 31, 2010)
Blog - The Video Genome Unveiled (Technology Review)
The powerful technique behind DNA sequencing can now be used to mine video databases. The key is a new idea known as the video genome. Bioinformatics has grown from an obscure branch of computer science to the powerhouse behind molecular biology in just 30 years. In particular, the technique behind gene sequencing has been hugely influential. At least in biology. While all kinds of disciplines ...
(Mar 31, 2010)
BioSante Pharmaceuticals completes Azur Pharma Elestrin royalty buydown (News-Medical-Net)
BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the successful completion of the Azur Pharma Elestrin royalty buydown, and financial results for the year ended December 31, 2009.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Guided Therapeutics' LightTouch Cervical Scanner demonstrates increased detection of disease over Pap tests (News-Medical-Net)
The Guided Therapeutics, Inc. LightTouch™ Cervical Scanner increased detection of significant disease over Pap tests in women seen in a busy private practice setting, according to results of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration pivotal clinical trial presented at the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology biennial meeting.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Jacksonville State University among 12 selected for National Genomics Research Initiative (Jacksonville News)
Some freshman biology students at Jacksonville State University will have the opportunity to participate in scientific discovery on a national scale next fall due to the university’s recent selection for an elite research project funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Press Release (PharmiWeb)
CLC bio, the world's leading bioinformatics solution provider, today announced a partnership with Ion Torrent, a new sequencing company started by Dr. Jonathan Rothberg, the founder of 454 Life Sciences.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Rosetta Genomics Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Financial Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PHILADELPHIA & REHOVOT, Israel----Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. , a leading developer of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, today reported that on March 26, 2010 the Company filed its Form 20-F with the U.S.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Rosetta Genomics reports revenues of $150,000 for full-year 2009 (News-Medical-Net)
Rosetta Genomics, Ltd., a leading developer of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, today reported that on March 26, 2010 the Company filed its Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Committee, which contains financial results for the three and 12 months ended December 31, 2009.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Andhra Pradesh Industrial Development Corp., US Department of Agriculture, Capital Genomix, Epoch Biosciences ... (GenomeWeb News)
The fund had its first closing of $532,436, based on 15 million rupees from the state government and 10 million from Andhra Bank. Additional investment is expected to create a $3 million fund that will disburse funds to start-up and early-stage life-sciences businesses.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Among First Recipients of Sun Center of Excellence Program (GenomeWeb News)
The Virginia Bioinformatics Institute is due to receive over $1 million in computational resources and support for post-doctoral research from Sun Microsystems, who selected VBI as one of its first Centers of Excellence in Bioinformatics.
(Mar 31, 2010)
ProteoMonitor Mass Spectrometry Survey (GenomeWeb News)
Martin Beck's research group at EMBL combines biochemical approaches, proteomics and cryo-electron microscopy to study the structure and function of large macromolecular assemblies.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Bursting the genomics bubble (Nature)
The Human Genome Project attracted investment beyond what a rational analysis would have predicted. There are pros and cons to that, says Philip Ball.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Budget bill cuts genomics partnership funding (Post-Bulletin)
ST. PAUL â?? Nestled within a budget bill passed by lawmakers on Monday that slices $312 million are sizable cuts to Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota's genomics partnership.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Rosetta Genomics Posts Q4 Revenues Following Product Launches (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Rosetta Genomics today reported fourth-quarter revenues of $119,000 compared to no revenues for the fourth quarter of 2008.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Microbes for Biofuels (GenomeWeb News)
This Scientificblogging news story recounts the work of Arizona State University researchers' efforts to engineer cyanobacteria to excrete fatty acids through their cell walls — a key step to developing the microbes as a source of biofuel.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Japanese Research Spending To Be (Re-)Reviewed (GenomeWeb News)
Science Insider reports that Japanese research institutes — among other government-funded organizations — will be targeted in a review next month by the Democratic Party in an effort to "identify wasteful government spending."
(Mar 31, 2010)
Japanese Patent Office Grants Claims in Alnylam's Tuschl-II Application (GenomeWeb News)
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals said this week that the Japanese Patent Office has granted claims in a second patent application in the so-called Tuschl II patent series.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Human genome at ten: The human race (Nature)
What was it like to participate in the fastest, fiercest research race in biology? Alison Abbott talks to some of the genome competitors about the rivalries and obstacles they faced then — and now.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Songbird genome to aid understanding of learning, memory and more (EurekAlert!)
( Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ) Scientists break the news that they have sequenced the zebra finch genome. This is the second ever bird genome to be sequenced. The zebra finch offers a unique opportunity for us to understand the genetics behind the wiring and re-wiring of our brains when we learn and memorise, as well as many other features such as immunity and ...
(Mar 31, 2010)
Silence, Dainippon Expand siRNA Delivery Collaboration (GenomeWeb News)
Silence Therapeutics this week announced that its ongoing siRNA-delivery collaboration with Japan's Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma has been expanded to include additional targets.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Dicerna, Ipsen Ink RNAi Drug-Discovery Deal (GenomeWeb News)
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals said this week that it has signed a deal with French biotechnology firm Ipsen to develop RNAi-based therapeutics in the areas of oncology and endocrinology.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Where's my genome sequence? Almost 10 years after the human genome was drafted, many genomics goals remain unrealized (Scientific American)
The first sequenced drafts of the human genome were announced 10 years ago this June. President Bill Clinton remarked at the time that, "genome science will have a real impact on all of our lives." Although hopes were high, neither he nor the researchers involved promised magical genomic cures or personalized genomes for everyone by 2010. So when exactly can we, as individuals, expect to see ...
(Mar 31, 2010)
From alpaca to zebra finch -- a decade of cataloguing life's diversity (EurekAlert!)
( European Molecular Biology Laboratory ) Today's publication in Nature of the genetic blueprint for the zebra finch marks 10 years of success for the Ensembl project in helping researchers to navigate the genomes of a Noah's Ark of species. Ensembl, a genome annotation system co-developed and jointly run by EMBL-EBI and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, played a major part in finding the ...
(Mar 31, 2010)
Rosetta Genomics reports 4th-quarter loss (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Biotechnology company Rosetta Genomics Ltd. reported a fourth-quarter loss Wednesday compared with a year-ago profit helped by lower costs and a one-time gain on auction-rate securities.
(Mar 31, 2010)
New UW Infectious Disease Center Hitting its STRIDE (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb Daily News) — The University of Washington's new center for Systems and Translational Research on Infectious Disease, or STRIDE, expects to expand its roster by more than 20 scientists over the next 12 months, as well as grow its proportion of researchers from outside UW.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Experts Assess Progress and Challenges After a Decade of Human Genomics (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A decade after first sequencing the human genome, researchers are taking stock of the progress made in genomics and the challenges that remain.
(Mar 31, 2010)
WTCCC Data Suggests Common CNVs Not Key Common Disease Culprits (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Common copy number variants that can be assessed by current array technology have little influence on common human diseases, according to a paper appearing online in Nature today.
(Mar 31, 2010)
From alpaca to zebra finch: A decade of cataloguing life's diversity (Science Daily)
Publication of the genetic blueprint for the zebra finch marks 10 years of success for the Ensembl project in helping researchers to navigate the genomes of a Noah's Ark of species. Ensembl, a genome annotation system, played a major part in finding the genes and other functionally important features in the zebra finch genome.
(Mar 31, 2010)
Q&A: UTHSCH Core Lab Exploring Method for Using Cell Lysates in Real-Time PCR (GenomeWeb News)
A slew of molecular biology companies have recently introduced kits for extracting and purifying total RNA from cells or tissue for downstream analyses, particularly real-time quantitative PCR, where such a step is crucial to obtaining error-free results.
(Mar 31, 2010)
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