Scientists unveil the first human ‘pangenome’: a new frontier in genomics
The human "pangenome" is a full genetic sequence that incorporates genomes from not just one individual, but 47.
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New, tiny device can extract clean DNA material within minutes
Hand-held device for extracting DNA. (c) UW/NanoFacture/KNR The human genome has been sequenced a mere few years ago, and since ...
Quadruple helix DNA proven to exist in human cells
Exactly 50 years ago, Cambridge researchers Watson and Crick published a monumental paper that for the first time described the intertwined ...
Nobody’s perfect: we all carry genetic variants that may cause diseases
For the first time ever, researchers at at Cambridge and Cardiff, have identified and compiled a list of damaging or disease associated ...
Cheap DNA sequencing is a step closer with graphene nanopores
Graphene is the strongest material ever discovered by man, and naturally its applications has been extended to a variety of ...
USB-powered DNA sequencer puts genetic analysis out of the lab to your laptop
Since the advent of modern DNA sequencing technology, biological research and discoveries has been dramatically accelerated. It's absolutely instrumental to ...
IBM is building the largest data array in the world – 120 petabytes of storage
IBM recently made public its intentions of developing what will be upon its completion the world's largest data array, consisting ...
New DNA sequencing device could decode your genome for just $1000
News of a low-cost semiconductor-based gene sequencing machine has been reported this Wednesday in the journal Nature, by a team led ...
