Posts Tagged ‘sequencing’
Proteins may pave way to cow vaccine
U. FLORIDA (US) — Genetic analysis may hold the key to finding an effective vaccine against a tick-borne pathogen that costs the U.S. cattle industry as much as $300 million a year. Continue…
Monday, July 18, 2011 15:34 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Nov 4, 2009 2:20 - 0 Comments
Team sequences cucumber genome
UC DAVIS (US)—The genome of the cucumber has been sequenced by an international consortium led by Chinese and U.S. institutions, offering insight into the genetics of the whole cucurbit family, which includes pumpkins and squash, melon, and watermelon. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 29, 2009 10:59 - 2 Comments
Team solves tricky triangle problem
NYU (US)—An international team of mathematicians has resolved the first one trillion cases of an ancient problem on congruent numbers. The quantity of numbers involved in this calculation is significant—if their digits were written out by hand, they would stretch to the moon and back. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 17, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
Entire genome on the cheap
The lower cost of sequencing the human genome could help researchers understand how genes and mutations result in the traits that make individuals unique.
