microRNAs Discovery Wins Big: Why this Small Discovery is Such a Big Deal?
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 was given to geneticists Dr. Victor Ambros and Dr. Gary Ruvkun for their pioneering discovery of microRNAs,...
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Next-generation sequencing: platforms, chemistry, throughput and the analysis tools that follow the run.
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Next-Generation Genome Editing: Scientists Discover Powerful New RNA-Guided System
A team of researchers at the Arc Institute have developed an RNA-guided system that engineers precise, programmable DNA recombination. It is a much-needed, more versatile...
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DNA Based Storage Service Launched by Biomemory
Long term data storage proponents can sigh a breath of relief thanks to Biomemory, a DNA based data storage service that encapsulates your data in...
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MIT Stealth Startup Achieves Full Genome Sequencing Under $100
Genomics sequencing has managed to outperform computing as measured by Moore’s law, thanks to Ultimate Genomics, a startup founded by the founders at Broad Institute...
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Blockchain Reality Sets in on DNA Sequencing Startups
With the falling value of cryptocurrency, startups which promised to utilize the power of blockchain have fast disappeared. No longer are many of the companies...
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Illumina Launches its Cheapest Full Sequencer for No One
Illumina announced the release of its sub $20,000 desktop sequencer aimed at diagnostic labs at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference last week. The iSeq 100...
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Nanopore Achieves One Million Base Pair Sequencing
Researchers at Garvan Institute in Sydney, Australia announced a million base pair DNA read on MinION Nanopore, bringing the USB sized sequencers closer to Illumina’s MiSeq desktop...
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Illumina Achieves Many Firsts With the NovaSeq Sequencer
Illumina, the leader in genome sequencing has announced its newest model of gene sequencer that costs under a million dollars, and is able to sequence entire...
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