Nature

Optimized library preparation method for next-generation sequencing

The advent of next-generation sequencing has made possible genome analysis at previously unattainable depth. Roche, Illumina and Life Technologies, among others, have developedwell-established ...
C&EN

Dye-Free Gene Expression Detection by Sequence-Tagged Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Coupled with Pyrosequencing

Huadong Research Institute for Medicine and Biotechnics, Nanjing 210002, China, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China, and Central Research ...
gut.bmj

Decreased gut microbiota diversity, delayed Bacteroidetes colonisation and reduced Th1 responses in infants delivered by Caesarean section

3 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Pediatrics, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden 4 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Inflammation ...
Nature

Advantages of the metagenomic approach for soil exploration: reply from Vogel et al.

New technologies are necessary to understand the biological complexity of soil and the extensive diversity of the microbiota present, especially the initial descriptive challenge from which functional ...