What may be the first commercially available book saved in DNA is the latest example of how consumers might use molecular ...

Cancer is a disease of the genome, according to Dr. Elli Papaemmanuil, computational oncologist at MSK. By looking at the ...

Firmware-dwelling malware raises the specter of malware that infects the devices before the operating system even loads, each ...

DNA sequencing was revolutionized after scientists discovered a new bacterium in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park ...

Illumina and Regeneron are taking stakes in health data company Truveta to help fund research that may dwarf the efforts of ...

The Human Genome project set out to sequence all of the 3 billion nucleotides in the human genome. Exactly how was this daunting task done with such incredible speed and accuracy? In 1986, a ...

An international team of researchers has taken an important step toward understanding how gene expression is controlled ...

Illumina has begun rolling out a series of updates to its top-of-the-line DNA sequencer models, with the goal of making the ...

This image compares three DNA sequencing technologies: Sanger sequencing, Massively Parallel DNA sequencing, and Nanopore DNA sequencing. Sanger sequencing (left) sequences 500-700 bases per reaction ...

Introducing the Personal Genome Machine DNA sequencing technology isn't exactly accessible; a typical sequencing machine can easily cost $500,000. Ion Torrent aims to change that.