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Cracking Your Genetic Code | PBS America
Cracking Your Genetic Code - 7.50pm, Wednesday 2 January 2013 on PBS America Sky channel 166 / Virgin Media 243 / http://www.pbsamerica.co.uk The human genome is a coded sequence of a person #39;s genetic make-up, defining the unique nature of the individual. The sequence is highly complex, and to produce it in a form that can be stored and analysed is a costly and difficult task. As Sarah Holt #39;s documentary shows, however, this is about to change. Recent technological advances indicate that within a few years the majority of us will be able to have our DNA structure read and available for analysis. The medical benefits are potentially enormous -- genetic information can be used to diagnose, cure and even prevent disease. The programme features a cancer patient who appears to have cheated death and a cystic fibrosis sufferer who can now breathe easily because scientists have been able to pinpoint and neutralise the genetic abnormalities underlying their conditions. As is frequently the case, however, the new technology raises many moral and ethical questions. Information of such a personal nature can only too easily fall into the wrong hands. Should insurance companies or prospective employers be aware of our genetic abnormalities -- indeed, should we be aware of them ourselves? Would we want to know, for example, that the chances of our contracting Alzheimer #39;s in later life are far greater than the average? One thing is for certain -- scientific advances, for better or worse ...From:PBSukchannelViews:0 0ratingsTime:00:47More inScience Technology

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My Boyfriends Condition: Failed Genome Test + Other Issues
Hi all, This was an update on 11/12/12. Jay #39;s genome sequence was canceled putting us more behind to find out what #39;s wrong with him. It was another bad blow to us because it was our map to getting things figured out. It would #39;ve been 2 more weeks and we wouldFrom:RebelGodessRed90Views:0 0ratingsTime:14:14More inPeople Blogs

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Public release date: 16-Nov-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Jennifer Martin jmartin@nifa.usda.gov 202-720-8188 United States Department of Agriculture - Research, Education and Economics

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2012 Research conducted and supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has led to a new analysis of the pig genome, revealing new similarities between pigs and humans that could potentially advance biomedical research significantly. Additional findings from the study, reported today in the journal Nature, may also lead to better breeding strategies, improved pork production and improvements to human health. The research was conducted by a global team of scientists as part of the International Swine Genome Sequence Consortium (ISGSC).

"This new swine genome sequence analysis helps us understand the genetic mechanisms that enable high-quality pork production, feed efficiency and resistance to disease," said Sonny Ramaswamy, director of USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. "This knowledge can ultimately help producers breed high-quality swine, lower production costs and improve sustainability. My congratulations to the International Swine Genome Sequence Consortium for this tremendous achievement."

The study found that the pig and its cousin the wild boar have much in common with humans. Researchers compared the genome of a common farm pig, Sus scrofa domesticus, with those of 10 wild boars all from different parts of Europe and Asia. Newly discovered details of the evolution Sus scrofa from the domestic pig first emerged in Southeast Asia and gradually migrated across Eurasia. The team found many significant genetic differences between the Asian and European wild boars, which separated from one another around one million years ago. Understanding the genetic origins of modern pigs is important in breeding efforts for disease resistance and growth efficiency.

Scientists from USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) developed the first-ever genetic linkage map of the pig genome in 1994, laying the groundwork for subsequent sequencing efforts, and have provided collaboration and scientific expertise throughout the sequencing process. ARS scientists at Beltsville, Md., working as part of the international team, contributed to the manual annotation the process of identifying genes and determining and describing what those genes do of more than 1,400 swine genes related to immunity. This work provided a basic description of the portion of the genome devoted to the animal's immune response. The ARS scientists' work revealed a high degree of similarity in the immunity genes of pigs and humans, a discovery that could contribute significantly toward the use of swine as a model in studies of both human and animal health and increase the potential of the pig as a biomedical model.

The ISGSC is led by Lawrence Schook, vice president for research at the University of Illinois; Professor Martien Groenen at Wageningen University in The Netherlands; and Professor Alan Archibald at the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Schook received grants for his work from NIFA. Gary Rohrer, Joan Lunney and Harry Dawson from ARS also contributed to the work done by ISGSC.

Much of the pioneering work done in support of the ISGSC has its roots in the National Research Support Project 8 (NRSP8) and NIFA's support of the U.S. Pig Genome Coordination program. The work of this program initial gene discovery and mapping and the sharing of reagents and mapping tools was crucial for the early work that led up to the sequencing of the pig genome.

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16.11.2012 - (idw) Schwedischer Forschungsrat - The Swedish Research Council

In a major international study, the pig genome is now mapped. Researchers from Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) have contributed to the study by analysing genes that played a key role in the evolution of the domesticated pig and by mapping endogenous retroviruses (ERV), retroviruses whose genes have become part of the host organisms genome. The findings are now being published in the journals Nature and PNAS.

Together with an international team of geneticists and retrovirologists, Uppsala University researchers have charted the pig genome.

The pig is one of our most important domesticated animals, and it was high time for its genome to be mapped, says Professor Leif Andersson, who participated in the project.

The major project to chart the pig genome shows that the wild boar originated in Southeast Asia about 4 million years ago. The findings also reveal that domestication started nearly 10,000 years ago, taking place in several independent locations all over the European and Asian land mass. It was also common that wild boar mixed with domesticated pigs, especially in Europe during early agriculturalisation, with free-ranging animals.

Uppsala researchers Patric Jern, Alexander Hayward, Gran Sperber, and Jonas Blomberg used the computer program RetroTector and detailed sequence comparisons in so-called phylogenetic studies to map the retrovirus part of the pig genome. What all retroviruses, such as HIV in humans, have in common is that they need to become part of the host cells genome in order to produce new viruses. When a germ line-cell is infected there is a chance for the virus to be passed on to the host organisms offspring, and for millions of years retroviruses remotely related to HIV have colonised vertebrates, leaving traces in their genetic make-up as endogenous retroviruses (ERV).

The researchers were able to see that pigs have fewer ERVs than humans, however, unlike human ERVs, some pig ERVs have the capacity to reproduce and infect, which might pose a risk when transplanting pig organs to humans. The article constitutes a baseline for assessing that risk, but it also provides an enhanced understanding of how retroviruses have spread among vertebrates in the course of their evolution.

Carl-Johan Rubin, Leif Andersson, and their associates have been in charge of looking for the genes that have had the greatest importance in the evolution of the domesticated pig. One of the most striking differences between the wild boar and the domesticated pig is that the latter has a considerably longer back, including more vertebrae. The researchers have now identified three gene regions that are critical for understanding this difference. Two of them correspond to genes that explain variation in body length in humans, another instance of genes having a very similar function across different species.

The findings are now being published in Nature and PNAS:

Groenen et al. (2012) Pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution, Nature, DOI: 10.1038/nature11622

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Finally! The pig genome is mapped

A team of international researchers sequenced the genome of the domesticated pig, Sus scrofa domesticus, and compared it to the DNA sequences of 10 wild boars hailing from Asia and Europe. They also compared the pig genome to genomes from humans, mice, dogs, horses and cows.

The results were published in the journals Nature and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Wednesday.

"This new analysis helps us understand the genetic mechanisms that enable high-quality pork production, feed efficiency and resistance to disease," Sonny Ramaswany, the director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, said in a statement Wednesday. "This knowledge can ultimately help producers breed high-quality swine, lower production costs and improve sustainability."

One interesting tidbit is that pigs have more genes related to smell than humans, mice or dogs -- which is not surprising when you think of truffle-hunting pigs. One would think that with such a perceptive nose, the pig would be a picky eater. But the genetic analysis also found that pigs have significantly fewer taste receptors for bitter flavors, which may be why they can eat things that we would find disgusting.

"Understanding the genes that shape the characteristics of pigs can point to how and why they were domesticated by humans," Archibald said. "Perhaps it was their ability to eat stuff that is unpalatable to us humans."

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Public release date: 15-Nov-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Frank Blecha blecha@k-state.edu 785-532-4537 Kansas State University

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- An international scientific collaboration that includes two Kansas State University researchers is bringing home the bacon when it comes to potential animal and human health advancements, thanks to successfully mapping the genome of the domestic pig.

The sequenced genome gives researchers a genetic blueprint of the pig. It includes a complete list of DNA and genes that give pigs their traits like height and color. Once all of the genetic information is understood, scientists anticipate improvements to the animal's health as well as human health, as pigs and humans share similar physiologies.

"With the sequenced genome we have a better blueprint than we had before about the pig's genetics and how those genetic mechanisms work together to create, such as the unique merits in disease resistance," said Yongming Sang, research assistant professor of anatomy and physiology at Kansas State University.

For three years, Sang worked on the genome sequencing project with Frank Blecha, associate dean for the College of Veterinary Medicine and university distinguished professor of anatomy and physiology.

A report of the international study appears as the cover story for the Nov. 15 issue of the journal Nature.

The sequencing effort was led by the Swine Genome Sequencing Consortium. Researchers with the consortium invited Sang and Blecha to work on the project because of their expertise and published studies on the antimicrobial peptides and interferons that pigs use to genetically defend themselves against disease.

Sang and Blecha focused on these two families of immune genes, looking for gene duplications and gene-family expansions throughout the pig's 21,640 protein-coding genes, in an effort to help scientists with future pig-related research.

Sang also completed much of the genome annotation for Kansas State University's contributions. Genome annotation involves identifying, categorizing and recording the potential functions of thousands of individual genes and gene cluster locations in the pig genome.

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Researchers sequence swine genome , discover associations that may advance animal and human health

A new DNA sequencing technique has enabled researchers to map for the first time the influential chemical modifications known as methylation marks throughout the genome of a pathogenic bacterium. By comparing these patterns between related strains of the bacteria, they stumbled upon a way that viruses that infect bacteria (known as bacteriophages) can dramatically alter their host.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Matthew K. Waldor of Brigham and Womens Hospital, led the new study in collaboration with Eric Schadt at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Their findings were published November 8, 2012, in the journal Nature Biotechnology.

This is like having a new microscope that can see things never before visible. Matthew K. Waldor

Waldor had been studying the strain of E. coli blamed for the large 2011 outbreak of illness in Germany. He says it was clear from the early stages of the outbreak that the pathogen causing the illness were not typical, and he was curious about what gave rise to their unusual virulence. In the course of their investigation, he and his colleagues observed that certain genes were methylated differently in the disease-causing E. coli strain (E. coli O104:H4) than they were in less virulent strains.

An organism's essential genetic blueprint lies in the sequence of nucleotides that make up its DNA, but additional information is encoded in chemical modifications to those nucleotides. In animals and plants, methylation -- the addition of methyl groups to specific DNA sites -- is known to turn off genes. In a few model bacterial species, DNA modification is known to influence chromosome replication, gene expression, and virulence. But scientists lack a complete picture of the effects of DNA methylation in bacterial genomes.

When Waldor and his colleagues investigated the altered pattern of methylation they had observed, they noticed that a unique bacteriophage (a virus) had infected the virulent E. coli strain. Furthermore, when that bacteriophage invaded the bacterial cell, it came equipped with a protein that can add methyl groups to their DNA.

We wondered whether the phages methylation system would influence the methylation of the bacteria it infected, says Waldor, and whether it could even influence the virulence of the organism.

To answer this question, Waldors team turned to a relatively new technique called single-molecule real-time (SMRT) DNA sequencing. Most methods for sequencing DNA report only the sequence of adenines, cytosines, guanines, and thymines the four nucleotides, or bases, that make up the genetic code. But SMRT sequencing works differently. With this technique, you monitor DNA synthesis and at the same time you get information about the order of the bases, you also get information about the kinetics of how each base is added, Waldor explains. In 2010, researchers at Pacific Biosciences discovered that chemical modifications of the bases change these kineticsthe addition of a base might be slowed down if the template base has a methyl group attached, for example.

That suggested that the chemical modifications of genes could be mapped out using SMRT sequencing. Waldors group went even further than analyzing a single gene: they used SMRT to map the methylation patterns of the entire E.coli O104:H4 genome. They found more than 50,000 methylated sites. Our paper is the first to show that this technique really can be used on a genome-wide level with single nucleotide resolution, says Waldor.

The scientists went on to show that the E. coli strain they were studying has eleven enzymes for controlling methylation. Seven of these enzymes, called methyltransferases, had never been researched before. Waldors group determined what gene sequences these methyltransferases tended to add methyl groups to. Then they devoted their attention to the methyltransferase donated to the disease-causing E.coli O104:H4 from the bacteriophage that had infected it.

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