Next-generation DNA sequencing technology has been used to secure a criminal conviction for the first time, San Diego-based biotech startup Verogen announced this week. Verogen’s MiSeq technology, ...

MIT spinout Cache DNA has created a technology for room-temperature DNA storage, challenging the need for cold chain ...

Tyler Kartzinel likens protecting biodiversity to enhancing cellphone networks. His analogy is pretty straightforward: look for gaps in coverage, and then do what’s needed to fill them. “Engineers ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham's Bladder Cancer Research Center have used a new method to detect chemical ...

Hospitals may soon have a faster option, thanks to a groundbreaking system built in part by Sneha Goenka, an assistant ...

Researchers have found that nearly three-quarters of the population carry newly identified genetic elements called Inocles, which may influence oral health, immunity, and cancer risk. Researchers at t ...

Readouts of the full DNA of children with cancer at diagnosis have been implemented as the standard of care in a European first. By determining a child's type of cancer as precisely as possible, the ...

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said his investigators would examine whether it could be used to help solve the ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham's Bladder Cancer Research Centre have used a new method to detect chemical changes in the DNA in an ...

At the heart of the case against the man accused of the Gilgo Beach killings is DNA evidence — but the novel way that ...

A judge allowed key DNA evidence to be used in Rex Heuermann’s trial in the Gilgo Beach case. It’s a significant advancement ...

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