Researchers are embarking on the RNA equivalent of the Human Genome Project, including sequencing all the chemical ...

The newest DNA sequencing technology from Swiss multinational Roche doesn’t measure DNA directly but in fact analyzes a different polymer altogether. The technology is not yet available for sale, but ...

DNA, the blueprint of life, is best known for its fundamental role as genetic material—storing and transmitting biological information through the precise sequence of its bases. For decades, this ...

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 ...

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 ...

Viral DNA that is usually dismissed when sequencing the human genome could help to uncover useful information about complex diseases.

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

Despite decades of chasing leads, investigators had been unable to identify the victim of a 1992 homicide on the North Side.

STORY: This skull belongs to a previously unknown lineage of human beings, dating back about 6,000 years ago. That’s according to scientists in Colombia who made the discovery after fully sequencing ...

Readouts of the full DNA of children with cancer at diagnosis have been implemented as the standard of care in a European first. By determining a child's type of cancer as precisely as possible, the ...

Scientists have uncovered new DNA-binding proteins from some of the most extreme environments on Earth and shown that they ...

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