NGS

Next-generation sequencing: platforms, chemistry, throughput and the analysis tools that follow the run.

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MinION Oxford Nanopore

A Cheap, Portable DNA Sequencing Device That Holds a Lot of Promise

Oxford Nanopore’s recently released data shows that although a significant advancement in nanopore based sensing technologies, it is still not ready for use in laboratories...

Biotechnology
Rapid Genome analysis

Supercomputer Processes 240 Whole Genomes in Two Days

University of Chicago’s Supercomputer Beagle has demonstrated that it is possible to process 240 whole human genomes in less than 48 hour. This was done...

Biomedicine
Editing Genomes without antibiotic selection

New Technique Boosts Researchers’ Ability to Edit Genomes

Researchers from the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and the University of California in San Francisco have recently found a quicker way to boost the...

NGS

Illumina Makes $1,000 Genome a Reality

Illumina has expanded its next generation sequencing portfolio by launching its NextSeq 500 and HiSeq X Ten Systems. . These new high throughput sequencer rapidly...

Biotechnology

Transcriptic, Where Robots Run the Lab

Transcriptic, a Google Ventures funded robotics startup company is making research easier by pulling them out of wet labs. Researchers send raw materials and samples,...

Equipment
23andMe

FDA Asks 23andMe to Stop its Services

23andMe, a personal genome sequencing service company has been directed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to desist from selling its genetic test kits...

Biotechnology
xGen Target Capture

xGen Universal Blocking Oligos for Efficient Target Capture

Integrated DNA Technologies has added the new xGen Universal Blocking Oligos to its NGS product portfolio to make target capture experiments simpler. The new xGen...

Biotechnology
Graphne transistor nanopores

Graphene Provides Breakthrough to Nanopore Sequencing Technology

Graphene based Nanopores may be the technological leap that researchers have been looking for achieving reduced error rates in solid state nanopore sequencing. Researchers at...

Biotechnology