News
Newly sequenced DNA - how the kangaroo got its bounce (BBC)
August 19, 2011
An international team of scientists, writing in the Biomed Central journal, Genome Biology, say they have even indentified a gene responsible for the kangaroo's hop.
The group focussed on a small species of kangaroo that inhabits islands off Australia's south and western coasts.
Whole-Genome Sequencing for Cancer Enters the Clinic (NCI Cancer Bulletin)
July 12, 2011
Launched in 1990 and formally completed in 2003, the Human Genome Project took 10 years to produce the first draft sequence of an entire human genome.
Today, a draft sequence of an entire human genome can be produced in about 10 days, according to Dr. Elaine Mardis, co-director and director of technology development at the Genome Institute.
Unveiling the Genetic Landscape of Ovarian Cancer (Science Now)
June 29, 2011
Ovarian cancer is difficult to detect early, and fewer than half of the 22,000 women diagnosed annually in the United States will live more than 5 years.
Gene 'Map' of Ovarian Cancer Yields New Clues to Treatment (US News & World Report)
June 29, 2011
In the largest such study of any tumor type to date, scientists say they've gleaned an in-depth look at genes that may help drive aggressive ovarian cancer.
Detailed picture of ovarian cancer emerges (WUSTL News)
June 29, 2011
Scientists have completed the largest analysis to date of the genetic mutations underlying ovarian cancer. The research was conducted by scientists at Washington University’s Genome Institute and elsewhere as part of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project.
Renaming its Genome Center, Wash U Expands Focus to Clinical Applications of Sequencing (GenomeWeb - Registration Required)
May 17, 2011
Washington University has renamed its Genome Center the Washington University Genome Institute, marking its commitment to the clinical applications of sequencing.
Federal research funding to Washington University provides economic boost to region (WUSTL News)
May 13, 2011
Federal investment in biomedical research is a major driver of jobs and economic activity. Two new reports highlight the ripple effects of this investment.
The Next Generation In Genome Sequencing (Chemical & Engineering News)
May 09, 2011
Every now and then, a headline says it all. An article last fall in Genome Medicine, for example, carried this one: "The $1,000 genome, the $100,000 analysis?"
Study here targets guts of premature babies (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
April 21, 2011
About six months ago, Dr. Barbara Warner got a call in the middle of the night — the kind that she has come to dread. Warner, a neonatologist, had been caring for a boy born at 26-weeks gestation. Until that night, the baby had been growing gradually stronger. He'd survived the lung problems typical of premature babies that age, was off the ventilator, and was consuming breast milk provided by his mother.
Human Genome Sequencing Helps Doctors Determine Treatment
April 21, 2011
Sequencing the human genome - making a detailed map of all of a person's genes - is less than a decade old. The technology brings with it the promise of personalized medicine.
