The human genome project was undertaken to determine the human DNA sequence and analyze variation among individuals. To make use of this information, tools were developed that could collect and ...

HOUSTON -- (April 10, 2005) – Microarrays provide a method of quantifying the expression and order of genes in a particular genome -- acting as a surrogate measure of cell physiology, said researchers ...

Microarray analysis of human multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions has revealed marked differences in gene expression between autopsy tissue from MS patients compared with similar tissue from individuals ...

The research community's rapid acceptance of microarrays notwithstanding, technical challenges remain. Biochip developers continue to grapple with these issues while upgrading their offerings and ...

Figure 1: Principle of light up-conversion and experimental setup. Figure 4: cDNA microarray hybridized with biotinylated cDNA derived from a bladder carcinoma 5637 cell line, visualized using ...

Microarray technology has been applied to a variety of different fields to address fundamental research questions. The use of microarrays, or DNA chips, to study the gene expression profiles of ...

Different applications have different requirements, so researchers need to carefully weigh their options when deciding whether to switch to a new platform. [© WavebreakmediaMicro – Fotolia.com] With ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Houston, Texas, have, for the first time, observed a way that DNA additions or deletions associated with a wide range of diseases are introduced in ...