Human Genome Project – Completing the Human Genome via Next-Generation Sequencing Technology

“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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Written by J.J. Yong on June 16th, 2009 with no comments.
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Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s Parentage Discovered via DNA Testing

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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Written by J.J. Yong on June 2nd, 2009 with no comments.
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