Metagenomics relies on the use of software programs called assemblers, which can reconstruct tens of thousands of individual ...

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

This automated application will enhance researchers' ability to analyze complex genomic variations with minimal hands-on time and additional benefits in cost, productivity, and consistency of results.

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 ...

While traditional kits confirmed infections, genomic sequencing was essential to investigate the outbreak's origin, ...

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 ...

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

New extraction-to-library prep workflow enables highly accurate long-read sequencing from archived clinical samples, expanding opportunities in cancer research. MENLO PARK, Calif.