ExtremeTech

How Does DNA Sequencing Work?

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 ...

With Genetic Testing, How Much Information Is Too Much?

A National Institutes of Health study will evaluate whether to screen tens of thousands of healthy infants for genetic ...
BioTechniques

How long-read sequencing is scaling beyond the specialist lab

Here, Aaron Wenger, Principal Scientist – Bioinformatics at PacBio (CA, USA), explores how advances in accuracy, throughput and cost are making long-read sequencing more accessible at scale. Advances ...
Technology Networks

Long-Read DNA Test Improves Rare Disease Diagnosis

Researchers show long-read genome sequencing improves rare disease diagnosis and can replace multiple standard tests. By ...
news.ucsc

Reimagined undergrad class teaches students entire DNA sequencing process using cutting-edge devices

Students take samples of water and the microscopic creatures within at the Alviso Marina County Park. (Image by Erika Cardema) At the Alviso Marina County Park, reddish-brown water laps at the edge of ...

Long-read DNA test lifts rare disease diagnoses and could replace 15 other tests

A new test provides a much more complete picture of DNA than current standard diagnostics and leads to a diagnosis more often ...
University of California

Twenty-five years after the human genome project, a new era is dawning

Twenty-five years ago today, on July 7, 2000, the world got its very first look at a human genome — the 3 billion letter code that controls how our bodies function. Posted online by a small team at ...