In just a few decades, DNA sequencing technologies evolved from slow, manual processes to rapid, automated ones, making ...

I think it's amusing when scientific lingo finds its way into popular speech, because it is often distorted in interesting ways. When political commentators talk about a "litmus test" they're not ...

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 ...

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is looking forward to “the year of the proteome,” as co-founder and CEO Gordon Sanghera, PhD, labeled 2025 during his presentation at the recent 43rd Annual J.P. Morgan ...

A research team led by the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have developed a method to accurately and efficiently read DNA containing non-standard bases—a task once thought too ...

Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it has taken a stake in US genomics company Element Biosciences as a strategic investor, ...

The cost of DNA sequencing has been dropping for years. Since the $1000 genome claim, first made by Illumina in 2014, multiple companies have claimed a $100 genome, including Ultima Genomics—a ...