Every living organism has its own genetic "blueprint": the source code for how it grows, functions and reproduces. This blueprint is known as a genome. When scientists sequence a genome, they identify ...

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 ...

Industrial yeasts are a powerhouse of protein production, used to manufacture vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, and other useful compounds. In a new study, MIT chemical engineers have harnessed artificial ...

February 17, 2026 / Sciad Communications / Watchmaker Genomics, an innovator in high-performance solutions for next-generation sequencing (NGS), today announced a non-exclusive license with Caribou ...

For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt disease may be the most important disease you’ve never heard ...

For more than a century, scientists and conservationists have tried to bring back the American chestnut, a tree once so common it shaped forests across the eastern United States.

When scientists sequence tumor DNA, they typically find small amounts of genetic code from bacteria, viruses and fungi – microorganisms that, if actually present in tumor tissues, could influence how ...

Scientists are moving toward a genetic test that could help thousands of mothers with epilepsy safely take life-saving ...

Scientists are exploring how DNA’s physical structure can store vast amounts of data and encode secure information.

Engineered DNA can store massive amounts of data while also encrypting it, opening the door to ultra-secure, long-term ...