Although it is an important technology for studying genomes, DNA sequencing was initially accomplished in 1977 by Frederick Sanger. Since its conception, the technology has developed rapidly. Alvaro G ...

In a single experiment, scientists can decipher the entire genomes of many patient samples, animal models, or cultured cells.

Studying endangered animal species without disturbing them and disrupting their natural habitat could be highly advantageous, ...

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 ...

Researchers working with dried fungal specimens stored at Australia’s National Herbarium of Victoria have identified two new species of fungi by applying DNA sequencing to long-held collections. The ...

NASA is not often known for making the best use of existing COTS (commercial off the shelf technology) aboard the ISS. Then again, sometimes they are. This is an example of when the agency really ...

Plasmidsaurus was founded to help scientists work faster. Despite incredible advancements in DNA sequencing technology that have dramatically accelerated the speed and lowered the cost of sequencing ...