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The sequencing landscape has evolved rapidly over the last two decades, and innovation shows no sign of slowing down.

The BabySeq project was a first-of-its-kind initiative that used a randomised clinical trial format to assess the utility of genomic sequencing to identify disease risk in newborns. At The Festival of ...

Illumina’s systems employ short-read sequencing techniques, which has been the predominant NGS technology for the last decade. The company has made huge advances in the NGS space and now markets a ...

Since the discovery of the basic double-helix structure of DNA In the 1950’s, scientists have devoted a huge amount of effort to determine the sequence of a variety of different genomics. It took over ...

As advancements in genetic technologies accelerate at an astonishing pace, the potential for gene editing to transform our world becomes closer to being realised. With the advent of revolutionary ...

This feature was written using content from out recenty published Proteomics Playbook, which you can download for FREE here. The sequence of a protein is critical as it largely dictates the protein’s ...

Pinpointing pathogenic mutations from large, complex datasets can be difficult, time consuming and somewhat overwhelming. So, how can you best streamline your genomic analysis, to make it quicker, ...

“Strange is this little animal, because of its exceptional and strange morphology and because it closely resembles a bear en miniature. That is the reason why I decided to call it little water bear.” ...

The field of genetics is a relatively young science, beginning with Gregor Mendel’s studies on the inheritance of traits in pea plants. The term “genetic engineering” was first coined by Jack ...

New research has uncovered the function of red blood cells as immune sensors that detect and bind to cell-free DNA present during sepsis. Red blood cells (RBCs) comprise the majority of circulating ...

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a well-established amplification technique that is widely used to rapidly make millions of copies of a specific DNA sample. It was developed by Kary Mullis in ...