When it comes to critical care for newborns, being able to act fast is of the utmost importance, which is why this new DNA ...

Cornell researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind ...

Traditional bisulfite sequencing damages DNA, while enzyme-based alternatives are inconsistent. A novel methylation analysis ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their ...

A new report presents DM-Seq (direct methylation sequencing), a bisulfite-free method for profiling 5-methylcytosine (5mC) at single-base resolution using nanogram quantities of DNA. The technique ...

This radical new method could preserve our entire knowledge base for thousands of years, in a storage medium the size of a ...

Zymo Research, a global leader in the field of epigenetics, microbiomics and transcriptomics, proudly announces the launch of its latest innovation, the Zymo-Seq™ SPLAT DNA Library Kit. This ...

Scientists have long suspected connections between heredity and disease, dating back to Hippocrates, who observed certain diseases ‘ran in families’. However, through the years, scientists have kept ...

The discovery of a juvenile woolly mammoth named Yuka, found in Siberian permafrost with its skin and muscles intact, has ...

In many aspects of our lives, we find meaning in the order in which events occur. We buy into myths about "middle child ...