Long-read genome sequencing reveals autism gene variants and structural changes, helping explain missing heritability and advancing precision diagnostics.

Newborn babies admitted to the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) rely on the quick decisions and rapid action of the medical team responsible for them. DNA testing is critical to ...

Miami University’s Center for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics (CBFG) has become one of the first institutions in the region to acquire the PacBio VEGA Benchtop System — a cutting-edge DNA ...

Tyler Kartzinel likens protecting biodiversity to enhancing cellphone networks. His analogy is pretty straightforward: look for gaps in coverage, and then do what’s needed to fill them. “Engineers ...

French DNA storage pioneer Biomemory has acquired rival Catalog, and told us where it sees the technology in the years ahead.

The newest DNA sequencing technology from Swiss multinational Roche doesn’t measure DNA directly but in fact analyzes a different polymer altogether. The technology is not yet available for sale, but ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers identified new sites in the placenta where genomic imprinting occurs. This could find previously ...

Next-generation DNA sequencing technology has been used to secure a criminal conviction for the first time, San Diego-based biotech startup Verogen announced this week. Verogen’s MiSeq technology, ...

Cornell researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind to the genome. Transposons play critical roles in immune response, ...

As any true crime fan knows, DNA has been groundbreaking in solving criminal cases, both current and cold, for police ...

A study published today in the journal Science reveals how jumping fragments of human DNA, a type of genetic parasite, ...