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Indian Scientist's Tool To Map Genes In Demand

Posted by timothy on from the missing-pieces dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "On April 15, the Human Genome Project's announced that it had completed the task of sequencing the collection of genes that make up the human code. In fact, only 99.9 per cent of the 3 billion pairs of DNA have been sequenced. How will we find the missing pieces? The Hindu reports that "the biotech community is increasingly turning to Pradeep Kumar Chatterjee, Head of Genomics and Bioinformatics at the Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute (BBRI) of North Carolina Central University, U.S." He has perfected a process called "deletion mapping technology" to map genes by checking both the sequence of every DNA pair as well as its position in the strand. This is a powerful tool for those who now want to use the genome map to analyze specific strands of DNA to attack individual diseases. Check this column for more details and discover Chatterjee's future projects."

5 comments

  1. The column mentioned is the submitter's blog by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The links point to the submitter's own blog. This looks like a lame attempt to trick people into reading the blog. Slashdot editors should take care not to post such links.

    1. Re:The column mentioned is the submitter's blog by rpiquepa · · Score: 2, Informative

      Good morning, There were two links in the Slashdot story, one to the original artcle by The Hindu, and one to my own blog for my comments. On my blog, there also was a reference to The Hindu. Next time, please check your references before posting. Tank you. Roland.

  2. Re: WTF? by Bowling+Moses · · Score: 1

    1. Got a (reputable) source for anything in this Rusty-Shacklefordian post?

    2. Got a reason for me to believe that even if true I should fear the study of genetics and/or genetic engineering? Especially since I and almost any other person studying biology uses genetic engineering of some kind as a tool at some stage in research?

    3. Paragraphs! (less than sign)br(greater than sign) is your friend.

    4. Man, I can't believe I read all that.

  3. Stick with good ol' American Hacker products ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The Golden Path. Jim Kent rools!