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Genomics and sequencing
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  • New Weight Loss Tactic: Jostle Those Gut Bacteria by Denise Grady. New York Times, March 27, 2013.
  • The Gene Machine and Me by Eliza Strickland. IEEE Spectrum, March, 2013.
  • DNA Test for Rare Disorders Becomes More Routine by Gina Kolata. New York Times, February 18, 2013.
  • Genomic Analysis, the Office Edition by Anne Eisenberg. New York Times, February 2, 2013.
  • Half a Million DVDs of Data Stored in Gram of DNA by Robert F. Service. ScienceNOW, January 24, 2013.

    The paper described: Goldman et al.

  • New Mutations Discovered in Melanomas by Gina Kolata. New York Times, January 24, 2013.

    The two papers described: Huang et al., Horn et al.

  • Pap Test Could Help Find Cancers of Uterus and Ovaries by Denise Grady. New York Times, January 9, 2013.

    Paper described: Kinde et al.

  • Top Genetic Findings of 2012 by ScottH. The 23andMe blog, December 20, 2012.
  • Infant DNA Tests Speed Diagnosis of Rare Diseases by Gina Kolata. New York Times, October 3, 2012.

    Paper described: Saunders et al.

  • Study Divides Breast Cancer Into Four Distinct Types by Gina Kolata. New York Times, September 23, 2012.

    Describes a finding from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)

  • Cancer Study Points to Tighter Pairing of Drugs and Patients by Gina Kolata. New York Times, September 9, 2012.

    Describes a finding from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)

  • Far From Junk, DNA Dark Matter Plays Crucial Role by Gina Kolata. New York Times, September 5, 2012.

    Describes the ENCODE project

  • Genome Detectives Solve Mystery of a Deadly Hospital Outbreak by Gina Kolata. New York Times, August 22, 2012.
  • Me, myself, us: Looking at human beings as ecosystems that contain many collaborating and competing species could change the practice of medicine. The Economist, August 18, 2012. (On the cover)
  • Reading and Writing a Book With DNA by Emily Waltz. IEEE Spectrum, August 16, 2012.

    This project uses Bowtie 2 in the process of "arranging" the sequence.

  • A Contest for Sequencing Genomes Has Its First Entry in Ion Torrent by Andrew Pollack. New York Times "Bits" Blog, July 23, 2012.
  • Genetic Gamble: New Approaches to Fighting Cancer by Gina Kolata. New York Times, July 7, 2012.

    Three part series: one, two, three

  • Tending the Body's Microbial Garden by Carl Zimmer. New York Times, June 18, 2012.
  • Gene therapy: Genetic mutations predict which cancers will respond to treatment. The Economist, June 16, 2012.
  • In Good Health? Thank Your 100 Trillion Bacteria by Gina Kolata. New York Times, June 13, 2012.
  • DNA Blueprint for Fetus Built Using Tests of Parents by Andrew Pollack. New York Times, June 6, 2012.
  • Amazon Takes Genomics Research to the Clouds by Caleb Garling. Wired, April 10, 2012.

    Mentions Bowtie and Crossbow

  • Amazon Web Services' Big Free Genetic Database by Quentin Hardy. New York Times "Bits" Blog, March 29, 2012.
  • Cost of Gene Sequencing Falls, Raising Hopes for Medical Advances. New York Times, March 7, 2012.
  • Company Unveils DNA Sequencing Device Meant to Be Portable, Disposable and Cheap by Andrew Pollack. New York Times, February 17, 2012.
  • Combing the Cancer Genome: A guided tour through the main online resources for analyzing cancer genomics data by Carina Storrs. The Scientist, March 1, 2012.
  • Chinese Crunch Human Genome With Videogame Chips by Eric Smalley. Wired, January 6, 2012.
  • DNA Sequencing Caught in Deluge of Data by Andrew Pollack. New York Times, November 30, 2011.

    With a quote from Mike Schatz

  • Sequencing Machine Helped Trace Cholera in Haiti by Andrew Pollack. New York Times "Prescriptions" Blog, December 10, 2010.

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