The Daily Scan from GenomeWeb

Sequencers and Tanks

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:33:03 +0000

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Nick Loman has updated his map of sequencers and begun a new estimate of sequencers being sold.

Cherry Picking Clauses

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:31:32 +0000

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Andrew Yates wonders how genetic tests can help people make medical decisions if the tests are for research and educational purposes only.

Adding More SNPs to Breast Cancer Risk Models Doesn't Help

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:24:14 +0000

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NCI researchers say breast cancer risk models don't perform better when researchers add common genetic variants linked to the disease.

NIH Creating Genetic Testing Registry

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:02:29 +0000

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The NIH is creating a genetic testing registry that researchers can use to search for information.

This Week in Science

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:13:21 +0000

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In Science this week: RNAi screen reveals signaling in Chlamydia infection, fibrillin-1 mutations and Stiff Skin Syndrome, dcr-1 in C. elegans, and more.

SBS and ALA Announce Proposed Merger

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:33:30 +0000

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The Society for Biomolecular Sciences and the Association for Laboratory Automation want to merge into one inclusive organization.

Francis Collins on Genetic Tests

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:25:00 +0000

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NIH Director Francis Collins speaks with the Washington Post's Fred Hiatt about gene tests.

An Honor for Claire Fraser-Liggett

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:24:12 +0000

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Claire Fraser-Liggett is to be inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame.

Thieves Pull Off $75 Million Drug Heist

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:20:47 +0000

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Thieves break into Eli Lilly warehouse and make off with $75 million in drugs.

'Government Sources' Confirm Varmus Will Head NCI

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:17:06 +0000

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A Washington, D.C.-based newsletter reports that former NIH director Harold Varmus will head the NCI.

The FCC Values Data

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:47:40 +0000

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A blogger considers what the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan could mean for genomics and personalized medicine.

This Week in Nature

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:43:01 +0000

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In Nature this Week: the Hyrdra genome, transcriptome genetics with second-gen sequencing, compensatory evolution in mitochondrial tRNAs, and risk-associated loci for ulcerative colitis.

A Night to Get Out the Vogt

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:06:11 +0000

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Cancer researchers celebrate Peter Vogt, winner of this year's Szent-Györgyi Prize.