Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that it has developed a new deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis technology called Genotyping by Random Amplicon Sequencing (GRAS) using analytical materials that have been provided by the Kyushu ...
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A new report in the scientific journal "Nature" is generating new discussions among researchers about which paths modern humans took out of Africa to help populate the rest of the world. The report notes Chinese research done on 47 ...
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Even the best medicine has side effects. For years, dairy producers have been selectively breeding their herds to encourage milk production. New insights have confirmed, though, that such efforts to satisfy society's demand for milk, cheese ...
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Through DNA analysis, Illinois researchers have disproved years of rumors and hearsay surrounding the ancient Battle of Raphia, the only known battle between Asian and African elephants. "What everyone thinks about war elephants is ...
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Foodborne illness outbreaks result when two or more persons develop similar symptoms of illness (gastroenteritis) after eating a common food, or become ill after consuming food from a common source. Such events occur relatively frequently ...
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Ariosa Diagnostics, maker of the Harmony prenatal test, has announced the publication of two clinical studies involving twin pregnancies in Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. The two studies provide information on how to consider use of ...
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Under pressure from the FDA, 23andMe says it will stop selling health-related genetic test analysis until it has resolved its dispute with the federal regulatory agency. "We remain firmly committed to fulfilling our long-term mission to ...
IntegenX, developer of rapid human DNA identification technology, has completed developmental validation for the RapidHIT system in accordance with SWGDAM (Scientific Working Group for DNA Analysis Methods) guidelines. The RapidHIT system ...
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Paragon Quality Foods – the food manufacturer formerly at the centre of a row about pork in halal lamb burgers – has reported a 20% increase in turnover for the year ended February 28 2013. Paragon Quality Foods posted a ...
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OpGen, a provider of genomic and DNA analysis systems and services, has collaborated with Applied Maths to offer bioinformatics analysis software for microbial genomics and molecular strain typing. Under the agreement, a whole genome ...
Genalice, a US-based software solutions developer for DNA analysis, will soon release the beta version of Genalice Map. The solution Genalice Map can process raw DNA data, which is produced by the sequencers, and stores the data in a ...
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Nabsys, a life sciences company involved in pioneering single-molecule positional sequencing with broad applicability in DNA analysis, has secured $20m in Series D financing round led by new investor Bay City Capital. Nabsys will use the ...
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Doubts have been raised about the validity of the DNA analysis that detected horse meat in burgers at Irish beef processing plants, as the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) refuses to release the scientific report of the findings. ...
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Medical diagnostic services provider CML HealthCare has entered into a license agreement to provide Mitomics' Prostate Core Mitomic test (PCMT) to urologists across Canada. Using the science of mitochondrial DNA analysis, the test ...
How quickly your skin will age? A British firm is ready to answer this question by launching the reportedly first in-store DNA tests. These tests will allow London shoppers to choose the cream and serum genetically suited to their skin ...
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