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Dr Frederick Sanger has died, age 95

20 Nov 2013

Dr Frederick Sanger, recognised by many as the “father of genomics”, died yesterday at the age of 95. The founding member of the MRC Laboratory of...

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Aligning sequences

New system to improve DNA sequencing

03 Apr 2013

A sensing system developed at Cambridge is being commercialised in the UK for use in rapid, low-cost DNA sequencing, which would make the prediction...

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A cow

New research suggests animal-to-human transmission of MRSA

25 Mar 2013

Using whole genome sequencing, scientists have found two independent human cases of infection have been linked to livestock.

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