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In July 2008, the UK's Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute announced that its researchers have sequenced the equivalent of 300 human genomes in the previous six months, reaching a of 1,000,000,000,000 letters of genetic code - one "Terabase". In a press release, the Sanger noted that this "will be read by researchers worldwide, helping them to understand the role of genes in health and disease. Scientists will be able to answer questions unthinkable even a few years a...
In this edition of In Sequence, Oxford Nanopore founder Professor Hagan Bayley gives an overview of the science in his University Laboratory and the sequencing method being developed at Oxford Nanopore. Needs subscription to read. Click here for link.
The US President has signed into law the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) that will protect Americans against discrimination based on their genetic information when it comes to health insurance and employment. To read more about this story click here.