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Research
Next-Generation Sequencing
Targeted polymerase chain reaction-based enrichment and next generation sequencing for diagnostic testing of congenital disorders of glycosylation. Genet Med, August 1, 2011
Using next-generation sequencing, researchers identify disease-causing mutations associated with congenital disorders of glycosylation. Development and validation of a sequencing panel to test 24 genes resulted in identification of positive controls and a number of variants.
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Single-Cell Gene Expression
Induction of human neuronal cells by defined transcription factors.
Nature, May 26, 2011
A team of researchers has discovered how to induce non-neuronal cells into becoming functional neurons with classic neuronal morphologies, protein markers, gene expression, and action potentials. Their data demonstrate that non-neuronal human somatic cells, as well as pluripotent stem cells, can be converted directly into neurons by insertion of neuronal transcription factors. These methods may facilitate robust generation of person-specific human neurons for in vitro disease modeling or future applications in regenerative medicine.
MicroRNA-mediated conversion of human
fibroblasts to neurons.
Nature, July 13, 2011
Researchers studied the transcription factors and signalling pathways that aid the formation of neurons. They discovered that miR-9/9 and miR-124 are involved in the induction of neuronal morphology. Using single-cell gene expression, they were able to characterize neurons in these mRNAs and further study their role in human neurogenesis.
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