CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Sequencing methods for long DNA were successfully developed independently in 1977 by Frederick Sanger, a British biochemist [4,5], and by Walter Gilbert, an American biochemist/physicist [6].

Detailed explanation-2: -2004: 454 Life Sciences marketed a new generation pyrosequencing technology, called the Roche GS20. It was the first NGS platform on the market. It was launched a few years later and revolutionised DNA sequencing because it could produce up to 20 million base pairs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Svante Pääbo, a Swedish scientist who peered back into human history by retrieving genetic material from 40,000-year-old bones, producing a complete Neanderthal genome and launching the field of ancient DNA studies, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nucleome Informatics is the fastest growing next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics service provider in India with many academic and industrial customers worldwide. Nucleome is India’s first and only genomics company to provide services on the PacBio Sequel II platform.