Pyrosequencing technique is based on sequencing-by-synthesis principle. The method is based on the sequencing of single stranded DNA and now-a-days sequencing of double stranded DNA is also possible.

Multiple fields of microbiology rely on techniques of microbial identification, such as in food microbiology for detecting contaminants, and in microbial ecology to characterize biodiversity. Image ...

DNA methylation is a form of epigenetics in which gene expression is encouraged or inhibited by the addition of a methyl group on cytosines. It is highly implicated in development, cell ...

All of the 83 individuals included in this study were genotyped for the C825T, the G(−350)A and the C1429T polymorphism. Genotyping of the polymorphisms was performed as previously described. 25 For ...

Research funded by the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has led to UK-wide implementation of a novel NHS diagnostic test that uses pyrosequencing (a method of identifying genetic ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Pal Nyren’s Eureka moment came in 1986 when he was cycling home from Cambridge university. “It is often when ...