“MUST READ”
The Gene Hackers At
thirty-four, Feng Zhang is the youngest member of the core faculty at the Broad
Institute of Harvard and M.I.T. He is also among the most accomplished. In
1999, while still a high-school student, in Des Moines, Zhang found a stru…
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The Gene Factory The
twenty-mile drive from Hong Kong International Airport to the center of
Shenzhen, in southern China, can take hours.
The Big Search to Find Out Where Dogs Come From
OXFORD, England — Before humans milked cows, herded goats or raised hogs, before
they invented agriculture, or written language, before they had permanent
homes, and most certainly before they had cats…
The Crispr Quandary One day in March 2011,
Emmanuelle Charpentier, a geneticist who was studying flesh-eating bacteria,
approached Jennifer Doudna, an award-winning scientist, at a microbiology
conference in Puerto Rico.
DISRUPTION,
REVOLUTION
A Powerful New Way to
Edit DNA In the late 1980s, scientists at Osaka University in Japan noticed
unusual repeated DNA sequences next to a gene they were studying in a common
bacterium. They mentioned them in the final paragraph of a paper: "The
bio…
TOOLS/TECHNIQUES
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- This is the first map of European Biotechs. Selection criteria to enter for free is >€1M raised/generated and own innovative technology.
Lab staple agar hit by seaweed shortage : Nature News & Comment
Lab staple agar hit by
seaweed shortage Microbiology's most important reagent is in short supply, with
potential consequences for research, public health and clinical labs around the
world.
HEALTH/MEDECINE
The tantalizing links
between gut microbes and the brain Nearly a year has passed since Rebecca
Knickmeyer first met the participants in her latest study on brain development.
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UK scientists ready to genetically modify human
embryos Scientists in Britain are ready to genetically modify human embryos for
the first time as part of a research effort to shed light on the root causes of
recurrent miscarriages.
COMPANIES
The $1K Genome? So What?
Illumina Is On a Quest for World Domination People can argue all day about
whether Illumina has, at last, given us the $1,000 genome. The answer does
matter, because the cheaper it gets to sequence a whole human genome, the …
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- The big story is that San Diego-based Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) has cemented its position as the dominant player in genomics, at what you could call the beginning of the age of genomic medicine. Through a series of in-house technology advances and savvy business strategy, the company has put itself in an enviable spot. It has a broad and loyal customer base, faces marginal competitive threats, and its market is growing beyond research into the broader world of medical diagnostics
JPM: Illumina's genomic ambitions fueled by new
sequencing tools and technology Illumina ($ILMN) has been on a roll this week
after launching its new liquid biopsy startup, and the pace isn't showing any
signs of slowing. The company revealed additi…
Illumina Jumps into Cancer Screening with $100
Million Spin-off Grail The world’s largest DNA sequencing company says it will
form a new company to develop blood tests that cost $1,000 or less and can
detect many types of cancer before symptoms aris…
Illumina Announces MiniSeq, a new benchtop
sequencer Illumina announced MiniSeq, a new benchtop sequencing system, at this
year’s JPM. With MiniSeq, Illumina hopes to offer NGS workflow solution for
every lab. MiniSeq is priced at $49,500 USD, to ma…
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
The rise and fall of BlackBerry Though
BlackBerry has less than 1% of the smartphone market share today, it once had
more than 50%. The question is how such a successful company could fall so far.
The Happiness Code Last summer, three dozen
people, mostly programmers in their 20s, gathered in a rented house in San
Leandro, Calif., a sleepy suburb of San Francisco, for a lesson in
‘‘comfort-zone expansion.
To Save Its Salmon, California Calls In the
Fish Matchmaker HORNBROOK, Calif. — On a frigid morning in a small metal-sided
building, a team of specialists prepared to orchestrate an elaborate breeding
routine. The work would be wet and messy, so the…
