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Article: Research reports from Z.Q. Xi and co-authors provide new insights into gene chips.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 18, 2009
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"To elucidate the molecular basis of intractable epilepsy (IE), we used a whole-genome transcriptomic approach to identify genes involved in the pathogenesis of this disease. Using a complementary DNAs microarray representing 4096 human genes, we analyzed differential gene expression in the anterior temporal neocortex (ATN) of IE patients relative to control patients who had an operation to relieve head trauma-related intracranial pressure," scientists writing in the journal Synapse report (see also Gene Chips).
"The results were validated by real-time fluorescence-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (FQ-PCR) and reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). The ...