A diagram of the DRT3 system, showing Drt3a in yellow and Drt3b in blue. (Hyunbin Lee) Scientists have just discovered an ...

Scientists at Stanford University have discovered that DRT3, a unique defense system found in bacteria, creates DNA to ...

The ability to sequence and edit human DNA has revolutionized biomedicine. Now a new consortium wants to take the next step and build human genomes from scratch. The Human Genome Project was one of ...

In a single experiment, scientists can decipher the entire genomes of many patient samples, animal models or cultured cells. To fully realize the potential to study biology at this unprecedented scale ...

As sequencing costs come down, researchers want to get more data from their samples. “It is becoming standard practice to look at both RNA and DNA,” says Brian Dugan, senior director, head of life ...

TEL AVIV, Israel & LEHI, Utah & HOUSTON & FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MyHeritage, the leading global platform for family history and DNA testing, announced today a landmark move to Whole Genome ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released draft guidance on how sponsors can utilize next-generation sequencing ...

Epigenetics is the study of various heritable alterations that control gene expression without changing the DNA sequence. 1 The name epigenetics comes from the Greek prefix “epi”, which means on top ...

For years, two siblings with the distinctive facial features of Treacher Collins syndrome had no genetic explanation for ...

Advances in DNA sequencing technology help forensic biologists identify suspects where traditional DNA profiling has failed, ...