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• Roche Researchers Sequence Complete Genome of Cynomolgus Monkey

  A team of researchers from Roche, including scientists from Roche Pharma Research and Early Development and Roche NimbleGen, reported in Genome Research that they have generated the first draft genome sequence of the cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) and developed a novel microarray design for more

• OGT Grants DNA Sequence Variation Licence to Biotype Diagnostics GmbH

  Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) and Biotype Diagnostics GmbH announced the completion of a licence agreement granting Biotype access to OGT patents for the detection of DNA sequence variations. The licence, which will remain valid for the lifetime of the patents, provides Biotype with certain rights wi more

• European collaborative research to develop lab-on-chip system for cheap and fast cancer diagnosis

  At the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) in Buenos Aires (Argentina), imec and its project partners announce the launch of the European Seventh Framework Project MIRACLE. The MIRACLE project aims at developing an operational lab-on-chip for the isolation and detection of circulat more

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• Genotypes in Smokers: Correlations with Smoking Behavior
  

  Smoking behavior is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. Moreover, smoking initiation and smoking persistence have a heritability of at least 50%. A large body of work has been dedicated to associating multiple genetic markers of neurobiological pathways previously linked to addiction and smoking such as the central dopaminergic, serotoninergic, and nicotinergic pathways with different aspects of smoking behavior. In order to investigate the feasability of future genetic analyses, we genotyped 14 SNPs in 288 samples of addicted smokers using the LightCycler® 480 System with HybProbe assays. more

• Experimental Workflow for Fast and Accurate Genotyping of Scrapie-resistant/sensitive Sheep
  

  Several scientific studies support the claim that natural scrapie is associated with polymorphisms at three codons within the sheep prion protein (PrP) gene. Genotyping of these codons (codon 136 [alanine, valine], 154 [arginine, histidine], and 171 [glutamine, arginine, histidine]) might enable breeding of sheep flocks with high resistance to scrapie. Fast and reliable high-throughput genotyping of sheep is a major issue, since scrapie is a serious problem in several European countries. To address this, an experimental procedure for DNA preparation and PCR-based detection of codon 136, 154, and 171 polymorphisms was established. more

• New Application for the LightCycler® 480 System: Gene Scanning by High-Resolution Melting
  

  High-resolution melting (HRM) is a novel, homogeneous, post-PCR method, enabling genomic researchers to analyze genetic variations (SNPs, mutations, methylations) in PCR amplicons. The most important high-resolution melting application is gene scanning - the search for the presence of unknown variations in PCR amplicons prior to or as an alternative to sequencing. more

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