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Gene Defined

Classically, a unit of inheritance. In practice, a gene is a segment of DNA on a chromosome that encodes a protein and all the regulatory sequences (promoter) required to control expression of that protein.

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This Week in Science

Published July 3, 2009, 8:33 am, GenomeWeb News

In news this week, scientists and universities are asking US Congress "not to expand a $2 billion research program for small businesses " because it would likely cut money that could otherwise go toward research projects.

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Research and Markets: Fundamental Principles of Bayesian Analysis of Gene Expression Data Explored

Published July 3, 2009, 7:40 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Bayesian Analysis of Gene Expression Data" to their offering.

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CFI's 'Omics Grants Broad in Scope

Published July 3, 2009, 6:48 am, GenomeWeb News

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The nearly C$670 million ($576.8 million) that the Canada Foundation for Innovation recently pumped into research projects and infrastructure will fund a range of genomics and proteomics studies and institutes spread across the nation.

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Would that Be Doping, or Just Perfect Genetics?

Published July 2, 2009, 10:18 pm, GenomeWeb News

OK, that may be a little harsh, but it's the theme of this Discover article about how advances in gene therapy and genetic manipulation may ultimately change the concept of athletes.

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OncQuest Labs launches K-RAS Mutation Analysis for diagnosis of colorectal & lung cancers

Published July 2, 2009, 7:49 pm, PharmaBiz

OncQuest Laboratories Ltd., a pioneer in Indian oncology clinical testing, has introduced the K-RAS Mutation Analysis for determining therapeutic response of the targeted therapies in colorectal and lung cancers.

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Research reveals what drives lung cancer's spread

Published July 2, 2009, 9:48 am, PhysOrg

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) reveals the genetic underpinnings of what causes lung cancer to quickly metastasize, or spread, to the brain and the bone - the two most prominent sites of lung cancer relapse. The study will be published online in the journal Cell on July 2.

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Q&A: U of Zurich Team Develops Protein Inference Method to Eliminate Shotgun Proteomics Ambiguities

Published July 2, 2009, 7:32 am, GenomeWeb News

In a study published June 22 online in Genome Research , researchers describe a new peptide classification and protein inference method that helped them identify around 3,500 proteins in pollen — around 13 times the previously reported pollen proteome.

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Genes Are So Passé

Published July 1, 2009, 10:18 pm, GenomeWeb News

What is a " gene ?" asks Bora Zivkovic. It used to be a unit of heredity, but is it now a stretch of DNA? Or something else? A new, philosophical article in PLoS One by Evelyn Fox Keller and David Harel delves into the definition of a gene and comes up with an alternative to the concept and word of "gene."

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DNASTAR, Inc. launches latest version of next generation sequencing software

Published July 1, 2009, 4:03 pm, SeedQuest

DNASTAR, Inc. introduced today its latest version of Next-Gen sequence assembly software for desktop computers. NGen2.0 is the company’s third upgrade of NGS software in the past 18 months, reflecting the rapidly changing needs of the market.

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Gene map aims to combat blood flukes

Published June 29, 2009, 4:23 pm, EurekAlert!

( BioMed Central ) The first microsatellite-based genetic linkage map has been published for Schistosoma mansoni, a blood fluke that is known to infect over 90 million people in Africa, the Middle East and the New World. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open-access journal Genome Biology hope the map will stimulate research and open doors to new advances in combating this neglected human ...

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  • Teenage 'baby' may lack master ageing gene - health - 25 June 2009 - New Scientist: Pioneering investigations have thrown the first scientific light on the highly unusual case of Brooke Greenberg, a child from Baltimore, Maryland, who is 16 years old, but whose size and development corresponds to that of an infant of 11 months. The hope is that the investigation will throw up new clues to ageing. But the researchers involved say that Brooke's condition is not a reversed version of conditions that lead to premature ageing.

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