The innovative hand-held DNA sequencer can be used to differentiate specific strains of bacteria and viruses within six hours. The idea is to use the device in countries with weak health ...

Portable genetic sequencers used around the world to sequence DNA have critical, previously unreported security vulnerabilities that could reveal or alter genetic information without detection, ...

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 ...

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 ...

For many years, maintaining astronaut health in orbiting labs has required overcoming a frustrating gap. Without putting a sample onboard a returning spacecraft and waiting weeks for scientists on the ...

William Dunbar, an assistant professor of computer engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has received a career development award from the National Institutes of Health. The Mentored Quantitative Research ...

It compares 'individual differences' in the sequence of ATGC, rather than looking at the shape of DNAThis also connects to ...

Scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will be able to sequence DNA using next-generation high-throughput instrumentation, thanks to new funding from the California Institute for ...

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 ...

They haven’t found alien life out there yet, but following the first successful in-space DNA sequencing, astronauts have a better way to look for it. This first test was mostly just to see that DNA ...