Scrappy San Diego startup goes toe-to-toe with gene-sequencing giant Illumina

Element Biosciences created a high-throughput benchtop device that can deliver a whole genome for $100 – half the price of ...

Q&A: Algorithm achieves near end-to-end genome assembly without ultra-long DNA sequencing

Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed ...
ExtremeTech

How Does DNA Sequencing Work?

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 ...

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome. Scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes, the DNA blueprint ...
Forbes

Record-Breaking Genome Sequencing Brings Same-Day Diagnosis To Newborns

In a breakthrough that redefines both speed and clinical potential, a new world record for the fastest human whole genome sequencing has been set. Think of all the things that can be done in four ...
The Scientist

Optimizing Whole Genome Sequencing Library Preparation

High-throughput sequencing relies on mechanical and enzymatic techniques to break apart DNA into fragments in a consistent and reliable manner. However, traditional approaches tend to favor DNA ...