Tag: genome
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FDA Announces Webinar on Genome Editing in Animals
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced an April 25, 2019, public webinar about “genome editing in animals, an innovative and rapidly evolving technology that offers significant public health benefits.” The webinar will focus on “current scientific evidence, promising uses of this technology in animals, and the potential risks.” FDA intends the webinar to…
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FDA Relies on Genome Sequencing to Trace Salmonella Outbreak Source
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that agency analysts turned to next-generation sequencing to test samples collected during a Salmonella outbreak that purportedly sickened nearly 300 people from 44 states and the District of Columbia. The 2009 2010 outbreak was linked to the spice rub used on certain salamis and was ultimately traced to…
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Researchers Decode Cow Genome to Improve Livestock Husbandry
A project involving more than 300 scientists from 25 countries has reportedly decoded the complete genome of the cow, thus providing “tantalizing clues to explain ‘the essence of bovinity.’” Published in the April 24, 2009, edition of the journal Science, the results have apparently shown that the organization of human chromosomes more closely resembles that…