DNA Sequencing

Smoke On the Water, Data in the DNA

November 23, 2017

Scientists can now tweak DNA molecules to store data. (Credit: PASIEKA / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY) In the summer of 1971 Frank Zappa was playing to a packed audience inside Switzerland’s Montreux Casino when a fan threw a flare and set the [more...]

DNA Sequencing Market Foreseen to Grow Exponentially Over 2017 – 2025 : Persistence Market Research

May 31, 2017

DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique used to determine the sequence of a DNA molecule. Particularly, the arrangement of four nucleotide bases i.e. Guanine, Cytosine, Adenine, and Thymine can be identified by usage of various sequencing [more...]

IBM Scientists Use Lab-on-a-Chip Nanochannel Technology Designed to “Stretch” DNA to Help Detect Disease

May 29, 2017

IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists have developed a “lab-on-a-chip” technology that can stretch double-stranded DNA molecules with the potential to efficiently reveal biomarkers that may indicate disease. This technology complements the IBM [more...]

Researchers of the University of Twente Using Microfluidic Chip to Separate DNA

May 29, 2017

Researchers of the University of Twente in The Netherlands developed a glass microchip for ultrafast separation and purification of DNA fragments. The chip, moreover, is easy to produce and cheap. The UT scientists published their results [more...]

Bio-Rad to Acquire RainDance Technologies

January 22, 2017

Bio-Rad Laboratories has agreed to acquire RainDance Technologies for an undisclosed price, the companies said today (Jan 16th 2017). “The company’s droplet-based solutions will extend our reach into next-generation sequencing [more...]

Illumina Wants to Sequence Your Whole Genome for $100

January 10, 2017

From Admin: Illumina the global leader in next-generation sequencing technology, today introduced the NovaSeqTM Series, a new and scalable sequencing architecture expected one day to enable a $100 genome. Unveiled at the J.P. Morgan [more...]

GRAIL Announces Circulating Cell-free Genome Atlas (CCGA) Study

December 4, 2016

RAIL, Inc., a life sciences company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, announced today that it has commenced its first multi-center clinical study, the Circulating Cell-free Genome Atlas (CCGA) study to [more...]

NASA’s DNA Sequencing in Space is a Success, UCSF Researchers Confirm

September 2, 2016

NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins sequenced DNA in space for the first time ever for the Biomolecule Sequencer investigation, using the MinION sequencing device (Image credit: NANA) Using a hand-held, USB-powered sequencing device called the [more...]

Engineers Develop a New Biosensor Chip for Detecting DNA Mutations

June 20, 2016

Single gene mutation biosensor. (Photos courtesy of Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego) Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed an electrical graphene chip capable of detecting mutations in DNA. [more...]

NIST Simulates Fast, Accurate DNA Sequencing Through Graphene Nanopore

January 23, 2016

NIST concept for DNA sequencing through a graphene nanopore (Image Credit: Smolyanitsky/NIST) Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have simulated a new concept for rapid, accurate gene sequencing by [more...]

DNA Cancer Test Gets Backing from Amazon, Microsoft Founders

January 17, 2016

A small number of companies are working to disrupt the blood testing industry (Image from Wikipedia) Illumina, one of the largest DNA sequencing companies, has announced the formation of a startup known as Grail, which plans to develop [more...]

Mini DNA Sequencer Tests True

October 15, 2015

Oxford Nanopore’s MinION™ USB-attached miniature sensing device. (Image Credit: Oxford Nanopore Technologies) The MinION, a handheld DNA-sequencing device developed by Oxford Nanopore, has been tested and evaluated by an [more...]

Micro Moulding Advances

October 4, 2015

Microfluidic Chip from Plastic Design Corporation (All Image Credit in this article: Mark Kinder) Every year micro fluidic moulders push the envelope to meet the requirements of new analytic technologies. Much of this activity is [more...]