The Future of Genetic Research Unveiled Exclusively in WIRED Magazine; An Exclusive Charting Of How Technology is Speeding Scientific Development in the August Issue of WIRED
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BW HealthWire)--June 27, 2000--WIRED magazine reports in its August issue on the groundbreaking advances in computer technology that are changing the face of genome research, and will forever alter the future of medicine.
The exclusive editorial, produced in partnership with Berkeley-based Neomorphic, a cutting-edge computational genomics company, features an in-depth chart detailing how technology is speeding this process. This technology will assist scientists to identify genes at record pace, ultimately finding cures for such diseases as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's.
According to WIRED, "a consortium of four Human Genome Project institutes sequenced the second-smallest human chromosome last December, researchers counted 545 genes, directly associated with 35 diseases; included were areas that couldn't be deciphered with the available technology. Six months later, Neomorphic re-crunched that data and predicted around 1,000 genes, along with their many possible gene splice variants."
The August issue of WIRED is on newsstands July 11.
Jim |
