“Finishing the genome is a symbolic step that I think we should continue to strive for, but we need to do it quickly before it becomes irrelevant,” said Lincoln Stein - a bioinformatician at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research in Toronto about finding the way to fill in those gaps using next-generation sequencing technology.
In this article, you will be able to know:
- Why bacteria are not able to read the DNA sequence in which used in traditional sequencing
- The brief overview of previous DNA sequencing methods to fulfill the human genome map
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Dr. Zahi Hawas - Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said this about DNA testing on mummies, “I used to be against the DNA tests for mummies, because it was done by foreigners, and the mix of DNA of the dead and the alive could lead to inaccurate results.”
He found a new way of identify mummies - Performing DNA testing on mummies in several labs (not focused on one lab) in order to obtain accurate parentage results.
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Heard this on the news about DNA paternity testing on “twins”:
“Mia Washington, the mother of the “twins,” admitted to cheating on Harrison, her fiancé, prior to becoming pregnant.
But she didn’t have any idea the pregnancy was a result of two separate sets of sperm.”
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DNA testing on Abraham Lincoln’s blood is still under debate when a researcher John Sotos, cardiologist and consultant for the television series House, believes that Lincoln had a rare genetic cancer syndrome before he was assassinated.
The biggest obstacle of getting approval for this DNA test is the artifact (a pillowcase strip stained with Abraham Lincoln’s blood) - how does this DNA test is performed in order to prevent any damages on the artifact?
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A DNA test named ScoliScore able to identify patients at risk of severe curves (a.k.a. scoliosis) and it can indicates when youngsters are in little danger. For your information, ScoliScore is based on 53 stretches of DNA that have been linked to scoliosis.
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A human fertility gene has been discovered by a group of scientists that can be the key solution to many human fertility problems. Interestingly, that a single amino acid substitution in a gene linked with cystic fibrosis may be responsible for the differential reproductive success of some men living in a religious community (especially Hutterites) in the US prairies.
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