The new controlled access policy
for full genome sequence data from HeLa cells will give the Lacks family the ability to have a role in work being done with the HeLa genome sequences and track any resulting discoveries.
Not exact matches
An individual's
full genome can be
sequenced today in a few hours,
for $ 1,000 — the first
genome sequencing took 13 years and cost $ 3 billion, and that was merely a decade ago.
BOSTON —
For bee researchers like May Berenbaum, 2006 was the year an international consortium of researchers published the first
full sequence of the honeybee
genome, offering a unique and long - sought glimpse at the biological quirks of an insect that shares a productive history with humans.
The one - time front man
for heavy metal band Black Sabbath has joined the likes of DNA co-discoverer James Watson and Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates on the short roster of people to have their
full genome sequenced and analyzed.
The six previously known fly rhodopsins account
for the
full function of photoreceptor cells in the fly's eyes, so although the fruit fly
genome contained the
sequence of a seventh rhodopsin, the role of Rh7 was unclear.
On 20 December 2013, a paper by the Amborella
Genome Sequencing Project that includes a
full description of the analyses performed by the project, as well as implications
for flowering plant research, will be published in the journal Science.
Along with representatives from the medical, scientific, and bioethics communities, two representatives of the Lacks family will serve on NIH's newly formed, six - member working group that will review proposals
for access to the HeLa
full genome sequence data.
Under the policy, biomedical researchers who agree to abide by terms set forth in the HeLa
Genome Data Use Agreement will be able to apply to NIH for access to the full genome sequence data from HeLa
Genome Data Use Agreement will be able to apply to NIH
for access to the
full genome sequence data from HeLa
genome sequence data from HeLa cells.
In the study, Plasmodium falciparum parasites were kept dividing in human blood
for over a year in the laboratory, with the
full parasite
genome being
sequenced regularly.
In addition, NIH - funded researchers who generate
full genome sequence data from HeLa cells will be expected to deposit their data into a single database
for future sharing through this process.
The discovery, the product of a multiyear effort to provide a high - quality
full genome map of the oil palm plant and to scour the
sequence for genes of importance to both science and industry, has major implications
for agriculture and the environment.
Not quite ushering in the eagerly awaited era of the $ 1,000 personal
genome, the new service, called deCODEme, will cover less than 0.1 percent of the three billion units of the
full genome, which remains a bit too pricey
for most people to have
sequenced — unless they are geneticist - entrepreneur J. Craig Venter.
In 1995, he invented a new «shotgun» technique
for sequencing DNA and read the
full genome of a bacterium while the establishment was still dismissing the technique as unworkable.
The researchers» next step is to use the genomic data they collected from the families — including
full genome sequences and gene expression data — to begin identifying the specific genes that contribute to risk
for bipolar disorder.
For more evidence, Ryan and his colleagues
sequenced a
full ctenophore
genome, belonging to the species Mnemiopsis leidyi (pictured, above right).
Complete Genomics, a Mountain View, California - based biotechnology company last year claimed it would soon be able to sell
full human
genome sequences for as little as $ 5000 apiece.
The inhabitants of the Faroe Islands could become the world's first population to be offered
full genome sequencing for free, researchers announced at a meeting on personal
genomes at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory last week.
In January it announced a new system that will be able to
sequence two
full human
genomes for $ 10,000 each and do the job in about a week.
DNA of the
full genome will also be
sequenced by Bos and her team as they continue to search
for clues that can tell us how the disease evolved and spread so rapidly.
This method presents a simple high - throughput means to obtain
full haplotypic
sequences potentially up to 20 kb in length and is suitable
for surveying genetic variation even in poorly - characterized
genomes as it requires no prior information on
sequence variation.
The advent of RNA - seq technology, in conjunction with
full genome sequencing, provides a method
for the unbiased characterization of genes regulated by infection in almost any species that can be manipulated in the laboratory.
Full -
genome sequencing of affected individuals and their parents provides a powerful alternative strategy
for gene discovery.
EPIC is a longitudinal study at UCSF that is tracking nearly 600 patients
for ten years using clinical evaluations, blood draws, imaging data, and
full genome sequencing.
With these additional specimens, we hoped to find the individual with the best quality DNA
for the first
full genome sequence.
You could put about 5 - 10 samples on a single lane (2500) and potentially get enough DNA
sequences for the
full mitochondrial
genome of all the samples — and with those you have the beginnings of a population genetics project.