DNA 16, Gallup--Frankie Spolar, fapolar@ rmchcs.org.
The scientists sorted the genetic material into appropriate chromosome locations by matching each fragment to similar sequences in human
DNA.
Bruce Jackson, Ph.D., might not necessarily agree with the quick move to the for-profit arena in which
DNA research is heading, but the geneticist at the University of Massachusetts Lowell remains cautiously optimistic about what the research can do.
MethylScope(r) technology is the only platform capable of detecting inappropriate
DNA methylation for all human genes on a single array, providing a fast, cost-effective, and comprehensive biomarker discovery tool.
The solution of the structure of
DNA by Watson and Crick in the 1950s (Watson and Crick 1953) immediately suggested a mechanism--semi-conservative replication--by which the genetic material could be faithfully transmitted from one generation to the next.
"We're trying to figure out at the
DNA level what it means to be a dog," she says.
The findings should be weighed cautiously, some scientists warn, because looking only at mitochondrial
DNA can be misleading.
Screening for Bartonella species
DNA was conducted by using conventional PCR and real-time PCR directly with EDTA-anticoagulated blood and from the 7-day postenrichment BAPGM blood culture samples.
As Merial continues to move
DNA technology forward by working with scientists to develop tests for economically important traits, producers and consumers may ponder what this will mean for them.
All outcomes were measured by standard microbiologic techniques, and all failures were confirmed by
DNA fingerprinting.
Through blood work, scientists will also obtain information on another form of
DNA called the mitochondrial
DNA (mtDNA).
Currently, some
DNA sequences can at best be patented by companies who have spent heavily to determine their order, while other such sequences are not eligible for protection at all.