New players in sequencing debut at AGBT
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Two brand new players in next-generation sequencing technology revealed their cards at this week's Advances in Genome Biology and Technology meeting.
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I write about the genetic and evolutionary basis of human variation, and the companies trying to sell you information about your genome.
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February 26, 2010
Pacific Biosciences introduces new third-generation sequencing instrument at AGBT
Category: agbt
Pacific Biosciences unveiled its new third-generation sequencing platform in dramatic style at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology meeting.
Posted by Daniel MacArthur at 5:15 PM • 5 Comments •
Belated news from AGBT
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Highlights from the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology meeting in Marco Island, Florida.
Posted by Daniel MacArthur at 1:45 PM • 1 Comments •
February 22, 2010
Complete Genomics announces 500 genomes in the pipeline
Category: agbt
Sequencing provider Complete Genomics has announced that they have orders booked for 500 entire human genome sequences, just one year after the company launched in dramatic fashion at the 2009 AGBT meeting.
Posted by Daniel MacArthur at 3:45 PM • 5 Comments •
February 18, 2010
The place to be on April 27th: the Genomes Environments Traits (GET) Conference
The inaugural Genomes Environments Traits conference will feature nearly all of the named individuals who have had their genomes fully sequenced - a unique opportunity to hear about the complete sequencing experience before the genomic revolution makes this completely mundane.
Posted by Daniel MacArthur at 11:30 AM • 2 Comments •
February 16, 2010
My genetic future
My wife and I have embarked on our first collaborative genetic experiment: Subscribe to Genetic Future. Follow Daniel on Twitter...
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February 15, 2010
Australian insurance company offers discounted genome scans to customers; read the fine print!
An Australian insurance provider has announced that it will offer discounted genome scans from personal genomics provider Navigenics to its customers - but the information generated by the tests may then be used to change insurance premiums depending on a potential customer's genetic risk profile. Is this necessarily a bad thing?
Posted by Daniel MacArthur at 1:15 PM • 6 Comments •
February 14, 2010
The end of the deCODEme personal genomics service?
Category: commercial genetic testing
A paragraph in a recent Newsweek article suggests the end is nigh for deCODEme, the personal genomics arm of the Icelandic biotech giant deCODE.
Posted by Daniel MacArthur at 9:45 AM • 4 Comments •
