Smoke On the Water, Data in the DNA
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 [more...]
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DNA Sequencing Market Foreseen to Grow Exponentially Over 2017 – 2025 : Persistence Market Research
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 [more...]
IBM Scientists Use Lab-on-a-Chip Nanochannel Technology Designed to “Stretch” DNA to Help Detect Disease
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 [more...]
Researchers of the University of Twente Using Microfluidic Chip to Separate DNA
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. [more...]
Bio-Rad to Acquire RainDance Technologies
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
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 [more...]
GRAIL Announces Circulating Cell-free Genome Atlas (CCGA) Study
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 [more...]
NASA’s DNA Sequencing in Space is a Success, UCSF Researchers Confirm
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 [more...]
Engineers Develop a New Biosensor Chip for Detecting DNA Mutations
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 [more...]
NIST Simulates Fast, Accurate DNA Sequencing Through Graphene Nanopore
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 [more...]
DNA Cancer Test Gets Backing from Amazon, Microsoft Founders
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 [more...]
Mini DNA Sequencer Tests True
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
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 [more...]
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