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RNA-seq is a powerful technique for identifying and quantifying transcription and splicing events, both known and novel. However, given its recent development and the proliferation of library construction methods, understanding the bias it introduces is incomplete but critical to realizing ...

from Genetic Engineering News by Kathy Liszewski With the rapid rise of next-generation sequencing (NGS), one of its technologies, RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq), has taken center stage for analyzing whole transcriptomes. Although RNA-Seq is still the new kid on the block, ...

from Genetic Engineering News - Market and Technology Analysis – Next-Generation Sequencing Market Trends

from Mancunian Matters By Chris Ord Osteoarthritis sufferers could soon lead a less painful life after a Manchester University research team was handed a £260,000 boost to carry out a pioneering study on more effective treatment. A team, led by ...

from SFARI.org by Michael Talkowski, James Gusella Measuring RNA expression from individual genes provides one route to novel insights in understanding human disorders such as autism. For example, it may reveal the impact of a genetic mutation on the gene ...

from Zone in with Zon How’s the World Celebrating? My Top 3 “Likes” for 2014 DNA Day Where’s the Love for RNA Day? The Why, What and Where of DNA Day DNA Day is celebrated on April 25 and commemorates ...

Gene expression studies are widely diffused in life science research. So far, the most popular techniques adopted for transcript quantification are Northern blot, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), reverse transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), microarrays, and RNA ...

from the Cornell Chronicle by Carly Hodes Cornell scientists exploring the road from genes to proteins can access a new research service that helps map some of its more mysterious turns. The university has established the RNA Sequencing Core (RSC) ...

From Genetic Engineering News Nov 15, 2013 (Vol. 33, No. 20) by Richard A. Stein, M.D., Ph.D. A graph depicting the workflow of the GeneNetworkBuilder package developed using Bioconductor framework by the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Click Image To ...

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