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New findings reveal gut microbiome development in colorectal adenoma and carcinoma

 

March 11, 2015, Shenzhen, China—Researchers from BGI, Medical University Innsbruck, Hospital Oberndorf, University of Copenhagen, South China University of Technology and other institutions reported the gut microbiome development along the colorectal adenoma-carcinoma sequence. This work identified genes, strains and functions associated with the tumors, and opened new ways for early detection and patient stratification of colorectal adenoma and carcinoma. The latest study was published online today in the journal Nature Communications.More

   

WaferGen Biosystems and its Partner, BGI, Establish Proof-Of-Concept with
WaferGen's SmartChip™-based single cell analysis technology

   

Feb. 3, 2015 -- WaferGen Bio-systems, (NASDAQ: WGBS) announced today successful proof-of-concept of its single cell technology, which is based on the proprietary SmartChipTM platform. The Company’s scientists have successfully isolated single cells and obtained excellent results in sample downstream processing including RNA sequencing.. More

 
New Study is first to demonstrate whole genome
sequencing of biopsied embryos during In Vitro
Fertilization (IVF) can detect De Novo mutations
responsible for most genetic diseases

The first decoded Neobatrachia genome provides new insight for the amphibian evolutionary research

 

Livingston, NJ, February 12, 2015 – Reprogenetics, the largest U.S. genetics laboratory specializing in Preimplantation Genetic Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), announced today the publication of new clinical data in the February issue of Genome Research demonstrating that de novo single base mutations can be detected in embryos after in vitro fertilization (IVF). More

   

March 3, 2015, Shenzhen, China-- The researchers from China National Genebank at BGI and Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences have successfully decoded the genome of Tibetan frog (Nanorana parkeri), which is the first decoded ‘Neobatrachia’ and the second decoded amphibian genome. The study was published online today at PNAS and provides new insight for the amphibian evolutionary research. More

 

Chinese innovation : BGI’s code for success
Financial Times

Chinese genome mappers BGI explain their mission to change the world
The Sydney Morning Herald

 

In 2010, Bill Gates visited an unremarkable building in an industrial estate on the outskirts of Shenzhen, China. With row after row of high-tech machinery humming inside, the place could easily be mistaken for an anonymous data warehouse.More

   

The egalitarian employees of the genomics giant want to make human lives longer and freer of disease,Within two or three years, the procedure for handling those patients with those diseases will be totally changed。More

 
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