DNA sequencing on the cheap

Article Abstract:

George W. Church of Harvard Medical School and his collaborators have devised a DNA-sequencing technology by using relatively inexpensive microscopes with high-speed digital cameras, which might help realize the federal aim of reducing the price of gene-sequencing to $1,000 by 2015. H. Kumar Wickramasinghe of the IBM Almaden Research Center and his colleagues has devised a technique that combines electrophoresis with an atomic force microscope, which might not only help accelerate DNA sequencing but also deliver molecules onto surfaces with unprecedented control.

Executive changes & profiles, Usage, Officials and employees, Harvard University. School of Medicine, Atomic force microscopy, Church, George W.

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Hope for fixing gene defects

Article Abstract:

Gene therapy replaces, repairs, manipulates or augments a person's own gene with the aim of treating illness. This technique of gene therapy cannot only save lives but can treat chronic conditions such as hearing impairment.

Care and treatment, Analysis, Gene therapy, Hearing loss

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Speaking in tones

Article Abstract:

A report on new findings suggests genetics can explain the variety seen in languages leading to preferences for tones by analyzing DNA sequences to investigate two genes linked with brain growth and development.

Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing, Drugs, Deoxyribonucleic Acid, Genetic aspects, DNA, Brain research

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