Mindzilla – RNA sequencing

Technique to Recover Lost Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Information

October 15, 2020
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Cambridge, MA — Sequencing RNA from individual cells can reveal a great deal of information about what those cells are doing in the body. MIT researchers have now greatly boosted the amount of information...

New Analytical Model Detects Mutations in Breast Cancer

September 28, 2020
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Lund, Sweden — Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a computational model which is effective in detecting and identifying genetic mutations in breast tumours. The study, the largest...

Quick and Cheaper Future of RNA Sequencing

April 23, 2019
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Lausanne, Switzerland — RNA sequencing is a technique used to analyze entire genomes by looking at the expression of their genes. Today, such genome-wide expression analyses are a standard tool for...

New RNA Sequencing Strategy Provides Insight into Microbiomes

December 17, 2018
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Chicago, IL — Researchers from the University of Chicago have developed a high-throughput RNA sequencing strategy to study the activity of the gut microbiome. The new tools analyze transfer RNA...

Neural Nets supplant marker genes in analyzing single cell RNA sequencing

November 13, 2018
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Pittsburgh, PA — Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University say neural networks and supervised machine learning techniques can efficiently characterize cells that have been studied using single...

New Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Technology Reveals Complex Brain Circuitry

July 6, 2018
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Phoenix, AZ – The complexity of the human brain presents scientists with immense challenges as they try to find new treatments for a host of diseases and conditions. But the advent of a new technology...

Gonorrhoea in Men and Women

June 28, 2018
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Boston, MA — The World Health Organization estimates that 78 million people worldwide are infected with gonorrhoea each year. Men with infections tend to have obvious symptoms while women are often...

New Findings Link Oestrogen and T Cell Immune Response to Autoimmune Inflammation

May 31, 2018
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Turku, Finland — Women are more prone to the development of autoimmune diseases. The female hormone oestrogen is likely to affect the immune system.

Scientific ‘Dream Team’ Shed Light on Motor Neuron Death

May 28, 2018
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London, UK — Three years ago, a group of clinical neurologists, molecular biologists and computer scientists from different London institutes decided to work together to solve the mystery of why motor...