Next-Generation Sequencing – News and Features

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Two NIH Initiatives Launched to Determine Cause of Common Diseases
President’s FY07 budget calls for $40 million a year boost for multi-year effort.

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'Metabolomics' is Suited to the Screening of Patients for Clinical Trials
The information garnered through metabolomics will lead to the development of diagnostic tools.

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Solexa Announces Technical Milestones at the AGBT Conference
Data indicates Solexa’s ability to handle a broad range of sequencing applications.

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Dr. Aristides Patrinos Named President of Synthetic Genomics
Patrinos leaves Department of Energy office of science to take a top role at Synthetic Genomics.

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Jivan and NimbleGen Partner for Splice Array Market
Jivan’s splice variant array designs available on NimbleGen’s high-density microarray platform.

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Transgenomic's Technology Used to Detect Mutations in EGFR Gene
The presence of EGFR mutations has been shown to correlate with response to targeted therapeutics that inhibits EGFR.

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Solexa Granted European Patent on use of Single Molecules for Sequencing
The patent covers devices comprising arrays of single molecules, including polynucleotides; methods for producing the devices; and their subsequent use.

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NCBI Adopts Standard for Accepting 454's Sequencing Data
First sequence trace format adopted by NCBI since Sanger method.

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Keygene Selects 454's Sequencing Technology to Enable Large-Scale SNP Discovery
Keygene purchases 454 Life Sciences’ Genome Sequencer 20 system to enable its proprietary CRoPS™ technology.

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CIDR to Use Illumina Whole-Genome Genotyping Solutions
Data from Illumina’ products will help identify genetic variants that predispose individuals to Type 2 Diabetes.
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