Defining regions of genomic imbalance can identify genes involved in tumour development. Conventional cytogenetics has identified several nonrandom copy number alterations (CNA) in uveal melanomas ...

Schizophrenia is a common psychiatric disorder involving approximately 1% of the population worldwide. Family, twin, and adoption studies suggest genetic factors contribute to this illness (Lang et al ...

Chromosome rearrangements are commonly associated with multiple disease states such as cancer and many developmental syndromes, including Down’s syndrome and autism spectrum disorders. The ...

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Impact of BRCA1 gene alterations on tumor characteristics and clinical outcome in ovarian cancer (OC) patients. Background: Advanced ovarian clear cell carcinomas (OCCCs) are notoriously drug ...

PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 5, 2005 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a breakthrough development that enables the rapid advance of microarray-based comparative genomic studies in ...

A group of researchers has provided new insight into processes shaping the human genome. They used a clone-based method to build a comprehensive, fine-scale map of structural variation in eight human ...

Roche NimbleGen has announce that imaGenes GmbH, located in Berlin, Germany, has passed the certification process to qualify as a Roche NimbleGen Certified Service Provider (CSP) for Comparative ...

Microarrays have been a mainstay of the scientific research community for nearly a decade but given the more stringent demands for accuracy and reliability, have not been as closely embraced in the ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2006--Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX)(Nasdaq:ACTG) announced today that renowned microarray and genomics expert Mansoor Mohammed, Ph.D. has ...