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 ...
DNA is the molecular basis of heredity, the inherited traits that pass between generations in a person's family tree. Embodied in the sequence of base pairs, DNA carries information between ...
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers this week introduced bills that would require U.S. firms to obtain a license before ...
To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...
Inside cells, DNA twists and coils itself into a variety of different secondary structures—including i-motifs (iMs) and ...
To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...
In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with ...