Sensitive sensor detects Down syndrome DNA
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Down syndrome is the most common birth defect, occurring once in ...
Tag: Bioinformatics
When sequencing fails to pinpoint a rare disease
Combining proteomics, genomics improves diagnostic accuracy for congenital neutropenia Routine sequencing has given unprecedented insight into the genetics of rare ...
Finding clues to a functional HIV cure
Mason researcher helps identify a T cell marker that could help lead to improved treatment for HIV, cancer patients.Credit: Photo ...
Certara advances global initiative to take model-informed precision dosing (MIPD) into the clinic
Certara has recently published four peer-reviewed MIPD papers; its progress is generating strong interest from industry, health care professionals and ...
Study shows unusual microbes hold clues to early life
Cutting-edge molecular methods reveal unusual metabolism of extreme microbesCredit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, courtesy of University of California, Santa Cruz, ...
Mosaic-like gene deletion and duplication pattern shaping the immune system discovered
The field of genetic sequencing has undergone a dramatic revolution over the past 20 years. In 2001 the first copy ...
'Unclonable' tag combats counterfeiters
Discovering that your new designer handbag or gold watch is a fake is costly and annoying, and counterfeit medical devices ...
First patient affected by a mutation in the nucleoside transporter SLC28 gene family
Nucleosides: essential biomolecules for lifeCredit: University of Barcelona A research team has described the first case of a patient affected ...
The first dexterous and sentient hand prosthesis has been successfully implanted
Credit: Dr. Max Ortiz Catalan A female Swedish patient with hand amputation has become the first recipient of an osseo-neuromuscular ...
Large-scale study reveals genetic risk of diabetes in the Japanese population
Researchers have combined data from genetic studies and revealed 28 new genomic regions associated with type 2 diabetes, some variants ...
The web meets genomics: a DNA search engine for microbes
New search engine allows researchers to identify antibiotic resistance genes or mutations in real time Researchers at EMBL's European Bioinformatics ...
Blood test for specific metabolites could reveal blocked arteries
Researchers hope to develop test that could detect early changes in blood flow to heart DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke ...
Access to human big data to accelerate research and improve patient care
Registered researchers will have rapid access to an "unprecedented scale" of clinical research data through the new Common Infrastructure for ...
Adaptive models capture complexity of the brain and behavior
Scientists reveal rich details of dynamical systems by breaking them down into simpler components which change over timeCredit: OIST, António ...