The recent Affymetrix sponsored Science/AAAS webinar entitled “Translating Genetic Biomarkers to the Clinic: The Promise and Pitfalls of Developing Robust, Reliable Signatures” [view webinar], highlighted some very interesting aspects of translating biomarker research into products that are ready for clinical use. The Q&A session that ensued included many [...]
Cancer is one of the most characteristic examples of a disease for which the scientific community has come together to systematically produce vast amounts of genomic data. The aim is to gain a better understanding of this disease in order to create targeted therapeutic compounds and companion diagnostics, and improve cancer [...]
Today we celebrate DNA day, which commemorates the publication of the structure of DNA in 1953¹. On this very day in 2003, the Human Genome Project (HGP) was completed, providing us with a reference sequence of the human genome². The draft sequence had been provided two years earlier, in 2001³,⁴. Since the [...]
