A sequencing study conducted in Uganda reveals that one in four people has been exposed to a deadly hemorrhagic virus.

Every year, millions of newborns undergo routine screening as a preventive strategy to detect inherited disorders before ...

In a way, sequencing DNA is very simple: There's a molecule, you look at it, and you write down what you find. You'd think it would be easy—and, for any one letter in the sequence, it is. The problem ...

Although it is an important technology for studying genomes, DNA sequencing was initially accomplished in 1977 by Frederick Sanger. Since its conception, the technology has developed rapidly. Alvaro G ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones first emerged and became so diverse.

The Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) field has been in constant flux since a wave of newcomers entered the field several years ago that changed the game. The startups offered sequencing users new ...

DNA methylation is a highly studied epigenetic modification that is involved in regulating genome function and plays fundamental roles in development and disease. 1 It is linked to a broad range of ...

Gene therapy holds the promise of preventing and curing disease by manipulating gene expression within a patient's cells. However, to be effective, the new gene must make it into a cell's nucleus. The ...

Routine newborn screening (NBS) has transformed early disease detection. However, traditional biochemical tests limit the ...

Illumina, which specializes in DNA sequencing, will work on samples representing 1,300 species in the San Diego Zoo Wildlife ...